“The internet has no government, no constitution, no laws, no rights, no police, no courts. Don't talk about fairness or innocence, and don't talk about what should be done. Instead, talk about what is being done and what will be done by the amorphous unreachable undefinable blob called the internet user base.”

—  Paul Vixie

NANOG mailing list http://www.mail-archive.com/nanog@merit.edu/msg00981.html (2004)

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