On Sat, Mar 07, 2015 at 01:10:32PM -0700, Mirimir wrote: > On 03/07/2015 11:28 AM, Libertas wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 07, 2015 at 09:40:59PM +0800, Virgil Griffith wrote: > >>> If a list stops fulfilling these criteria, people like us unsubscribe, > >>> leaving the list to its inevitable decline, > >>> destined to join the ever-lengthening roll of moribund, flame-filled > >>> lists that no longer exist or have ceased > to serve any useful function > >>> on > >>> the net. > >> > >> I personally support more aggressive blocking of mad tinhatters. > >> > >> -V > > > > Seconded. Allowing people to question the project is important, but the > > loonyism that we've had recently distracts people and drowns out > > legitimate discussion. > > OK, but who defines "legitimate"? A decade ago, much of what Snowden has > revealed was only brought up by "mad tinhatters". > > It's fine to block doxxers, spammers, and so on.
Yeah, I was struggling with that too. At the risk of being disrespectful, I think that "legitimate" can probably be defined as "containing some technical understanding and rigor, and not apparently a product of paranoid schizophrenia or a related disorder". I'm not sure that we should block anything, but this dilemma is worth discussing because it's a chronic problem on most popular security-related mailing lists. -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
