Re: [atlarge-discuss] 003 WG-ID membership criteria

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Walter and all stakeholders or other interested parties,

  "I will defend to the death what any person says in any form,
whether or not they wish to identify themselves"  Desrali

  Anonymous speech has been codified in US federal law for many years,
as it has in many other democratic countries...

Walter Schmidt wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Aug 2002, Joanna Lane wrote:
>
> > Concerns have been expressed...about why I would...discourage
> > anonymous contributions...
>
>  "I (may) disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your
> right to say it." - Voltaire, Essay on Tolerance...
>
> The "other" operative concept here is it being "you," and not anon. To
> take this to, what for me is conclusion, and with all due apologies to the
> friends of Voltaire...
>
>    "I may agree 100 percent with what you say, but I will defend to the
> death its exclusion if you will only say it anonymously."
>    - Walter C. Schmidt, said in an email written in support of comments
> made by Joanna Lane to the Atlarge Discuss List regarding WG-ID
> membership, both authored on Sunday, 18 Aug 2002.
>
>
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