Please add to list of Nets, we are using zone 350, thanks. NETWORK 350, THE BRAND-NEW CLASSICAL LIBERAL NETWORK Classical liberalism is individual freedom and the minimalization -- as far as it will go -- of the size and scope of authoritarianism such as government in our business and private lives. Classical liberalism cannot die, fade away,or be "engineered" out of existence ... it's an intrinsic part of being human. ClaslibNet is for those who support or are curious about individual liberty,it's natural roots and rich history, and it's inexorable regrowth after the global failures of socialism's centrally-controlled economic activity and collectivism. It's about freedom of speech, the global weakening of government and political tribalism (nationalism), the demise of our own intrusive and oppressive welfare state, and the morality of individual liberty. It's very different from all the Orwellian group-think, political correctness, victim mentality, affirmative action, quotas, intellectual manipulation, nanny-statism, dependancy, and the general politicization of life as portrayed in much of the major media. On ClaslibNet there's actually encouragement to think for yourself and run your life in your own way, interacting voluntarily with others. On this network you will see classical liberalism, not the silly and derogatory stereotypes of freedom and liberty fed to us by the major media. It's in the same tradition as the works of John Locke, Adam Smith, Karl Popper, Frederic Bastiat, Friedrich Hayek, Lysander Spooner, H.L. Mencken, Mark Twain, Lord Acton, Thomas Paine, Ludwig von Mises, Murray Rothbard, Milton Friedman, David Friedman, Henry David Thoreau, Isabel Patterson, Rose Wilder Lane, and thousands of others who were not afraid to leave the herd and live-out their own individuality, and fight for it if neccessary. Each node has message areas and hundreds of text files on subjects such as the history of liberty, self-sufficiency, minimal government, voluntarism, private alternative services, spontaneously organized market-driven economic activity,and other socio-economic aspects of open societies comprised of individually-directing and self-organizing people. It's about time governments got out of our faces and simply protected us as we freely carry on our private interactions with one another, each according to our own individual civilized values and needs. It's about time some common sense information and humanism -- classical liberalism -- got back into the public domain. ClaslibNet is for "WE the people", not "THE people". If you're a sysop in FidoNet and are interested, then get a starter package FREQing the magic filename "CLASSLIB" from any one of the nodes below. Or you can just directly log on to any of the nodes and download CLASSLIB.ZIP . If you run a standalone BBS, we'll help you set up the neccessary software to get netted with us. If you're a sysop, but not interested in being a node of ClaslibNet, let us know if you're interested in getting fed with one or more of the new private FidoNet echos POLPHIL, FREE_SPEECH, BCPOLITICS, or LIBERTY. The following ClaslibNet message echos are available (* = mandatory for nodes in the ClaslibNet network): CENSORED Media, propaganda, thought, regulations destroying liberty EDUCATION Reform of government schools, homeschooling ECONOMICS* Trade, value, money, market-driven (free-market) economics HARDWARE Technical advice, discussion, trade INDEPENDENCE What would it be like ? Private & social LAW Natural vs. authoritarian law, history, property rights POLITICAL* Parties, ideologies, impact of historical Canadian events PHILOSOPHY The philosophy & morality of liberty, historical and present SCI-FUTURE Technology ... present and future, homestead technology SOFTWARE Software information and discussion SYSOPCHAT* Miscellaneous chatting for Claslibnet sysops SIG-TYRANNY* SIG's ... Orwellianism and politically-correct crusades Network Coordinator: Leonard Knoll, IMPA-BBS, ClaslibNet 350:1/100 FidoNet 1:163/141, 01-613-820-0606 Ontario NC and Network NEC: Keith Weaver, Rational Anarchist BBS,ClaslibNet 350:2/100, FidoNet 1:247/130, 01-905-646-8229 British Columbia NC: Ken Wiebe, The Classical Liberal BBS,ClaslibNet 350:50/100, FidoNet 1:340/47, 01-604-380-4030 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following FidoNet message areas are available on our nodes, separate from ClaslibNet: POLPHIL Political philosophy. Moderated by Ken Wiebe in British Columbia. FREE_SPEECH Freedom of speech as opposed to Orwellian political correctness. BCPOLITICS British Columbia politics. LIBERTY This is the popular Internet e-mail lists called LIBERNET and LIBERNET-D, gated over to FidoNet. Lots of classical liberal information and discussion, both theoretical and practical, political and apolitical. CANPOL Canadian Politics. Moderated by Karl Pollak in British Columbia. Unlike the major media, more is allowed than just nanny-statism and political tribalism. CIVLIB Civil liberties. VFALSAC Victims of false abuse accusations. RTKBA Right to keep and bear arms. CONTROV Controversial topics. PHIL Philosophy. MENS_ISSUES Moderated by Ken Wiebe. Males are individuals, not nameless and faceless political objects or SIG "strawmen" to be whimsically and legally persecuted (AKA "affirmative action") or plundered. * Origin: Rational Anarchist BBS * (905)646-8229 * Freedom ! (1:247/130)