Registration of names (fwd)

[Curtis Clark]

At 10:12 PM 8/21/98 -0700, Karstad-Schueler wrote:
>Mandatory registration of names would degrade nomenclature from its
>present status as the greatest anarchist achievement of the human
>intellect, to just another unimaginative and error-ridden bureaucracy.

Wonderful! That sums it up for me. I'm reminded of the Internet, which
started as an example (perhaps the only one) of successful Marxism: From
each according to his ability, to each according to his need. It used to be
that the big players subsidized the little guys because they realized that
the system was far more valuable that what they paid, even if others paid
less. Now it is turning capitalistic. We could debate all day on whether
Marxism or anarchy are generally effective systems (but please not on
Taxacom :-), but it seems a waste to destroy working examples.


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