AnarchoCyphertopian technologies (wasRE: [extropy-chat] Reccommendations for a mailing list)

[Dirk Bruere]

Adrian Tymes wrote:

>--- Dirk Bruere <dirk at neopax.com> wrote:
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>>Samantha Atkins wrote:
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>>>>I suggest that such countries be made to take
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>>these problems seriously.
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>>>>Mandatory blocking of net traffic from ISPs
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>>within nations that fail 
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>>>>to implement effective anti-spam laws might be a
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>>good way to start.
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>>>Severing the digital nervous system of a country
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>>to force compliance 
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>>>with foreign dictates is a clear act of war.  What
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>>a brilliant solution!
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>>It's clearly *not* an act of war, anymore than
>>refusing incoming 
>>phonecalls from someone you don't like is an act of
>>war.
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>Actually, these days it's analogous to blockading the
>ports of a country and refusing to let its ships sail.
>The country's ability to do business with the rest of
>the world is severely curtailed, which the country may
>take as an act of war.
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Wrong.
It is a refusal by the neighbours of the country to allow transit 
through their territory.
Legal under international law.

-- 
Dirk

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