"Cyberspace ... has a lot in common with the 19th century West. It is
vast, unmapped, culturally and legally ambiguous, verbally terse ....
hard to get around in, and up for grabs. Large institutions already
claim to own the place, but most of the actual natives are solitary
and independent, sometimes to the point of sociopathy.
It is, of course, a perfect breeding ground for both outlaws and
new ideas about liberty."
   -- John Perry Barlow, 1990