[ih] Fw: Free Speech and ARPAnet?

[johnl at iecc.com (John Levine)]

> > There is a book by Hauben & Hauben, the title includes the word "Netizens",
> >  which as I recall deals with free speech issues in the "early days".
>
>When I got interviewed for this by both Haubens they where they
>were already convinced that ARPA was all about "Free Speech" etc.
>and stating that that was not the reason I got involved ws waved
>away.

I exchanged a fair amount of mail with Ronda Hauben and it was clear
that "netizens" was at least as much a political project as a
historical one.

R's,
John