My email of Jan. 1998 to the rest of the group.  The "Qabal" is my feeble attempt at a humorous nickname for the group.


To: jw@bway.net,j.s.tyre@worldnet.att.net,bennett@peacefire.org,jamie@mccarthy.org,sethf@mit.edu
Subject: Idea
Reply-to: jellicle@inch.com,jw@bway.net,j.s.tyre@worldnet.att.net,bennett@peacefire.org,jamie@mccarthy.org,sethf@mit.edu
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 14:37:35 -0400

This gives me an opportunity to present an idea that's been kicking
around in the back of my tiny cranium for a while:

www.censorware.org

A site occupying the opposite corner from filteringfacts.org and
netparents.org, containing news and biased commentary about internet
censoring, as well as detailed instructions on how to bypass that
censoring. Dedicated to the philosophy that NO ONE has the right to
control what ANYONE else sees.  It should, however, contain little or
no profanity or other censor-bait material, so that when it is banned
by various programs, the reasons for the banning will be clear.  I
think this website could fulfill the goals that Bennett discusses
for Peacefire. It could also be fairly distant from other groups, if
necessary.

I envision a cooperative, distributed, site maintenance arrangement:
I'm interested in writing about PICS, for example, and Bennett may
wish to concentrate on his specialty of censorware in schools, etc.
etc. etc.  As many people who are trustworthy and vaguely competent
at HTML could be included.

Some questions for the Qabal:

1) Put the CWP name behind this?  Pages at EthSpec could be
relocated or incorporated.

2) Other ideas?


I've been halfway to registering the censorware.org name a half dozen
times now, and each time I keep thinking that I don't individually
have enough time to keep up such a site in the manner in which it
should be kept.


-- Michael