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|    Ouisie to Jim D    |
|    Re: this may be bye bye usenet :-)    |
|    13 Nov 18 15:40:13    |
      From: someone@anywheret.net              "Jim D" wrote in message news:2018111311500593200-Not@ThisAddresscom...              > I like this place because I can say pretty much what I want here.              That's an Absolute Requirement for me!              > Of course, there is the " the internet is forever " thing ", as in if I       > ever became a traget of my own government, they would go back and       > magically " find " everything I've ever posted, anonymous or not, to use       > against me.              I sure miss the days of BBSs, where there were also forums, and even back       then, I've always advised not to say anything that one wouldn't want to say       in court, or before Congress, because it could very well one day come to       that!              > That you can do anything on here without leaving a trail back to yourself       > is a delusion. You can't.              JimD              I've been ready for that ever since I first went online, with an Atari 800       and a 300 Bd modem ;)              And back in the day, I regularly used to use PGP encryption on messages that       were the Bill Of Rights and such...hoping the NOW Spies and other Agents       might actually care enough to read it, and maybe even Learn something ;)              Ouisie              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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