December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: CryptoAnarchy: What's wrong with this picture?
by jim bell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 03:32 AM 4/29/96 -0500, Snow wrote: >On Sun, 28 Apr 1996, jim bell wrote: >> Quite the contrary, I think that a "successful popular uprising" will >> require only a very small investment in time and money, in which some of >> they key players in government are targeted and the prospect exists for >> easily and cheaply getting the rest. At that point they will resign in droves. > > Damnit, I KNEW I was gonna wind up agreeing with him. ;) Hey, maybe it's just a fever. Take a few aspirin, put a cold compress on your head, and lay down. >> avoid taxation, the vast increase in information communicated by the >> Internet is taking a huge amount of power away from the traditional media, >> backer of the government in most cases. In addition, this information flow >> is making it ever more difficult to pass abusive laws; if the government > > On the contrary, just as the increased communications let >opponents know about the legislation, it also lets the proponents know, >and they supposedly send faxes and email in support. This sometimes happens; however, on many of the issues dearest to CP readers (Clipper, etc) there really is no substantial opposition except among those in government. >> does something stupid in the morning, by noon they are being flooded with >> faxes and emails. And the whole concept of having a "governement" tends to >> be based on the assumption that people are incapable of making decisions for >> themselves. That's an increasingly unrealistic position. > > Literacy rates are dropping, the High School Dropout rates are on >the rise. Hell, listen to talk radio for a while, and you tell me if >these are the people YOU want running the country. I think there's a problem embedded in your comment. You mentioned "running the country." That phrase contains within it a view of "the country" in which it is controlled by a central control mechanism, for example a government. To describe the alternative viewpoint, consider the analogy of the food distribution system of Manhattan island. No one individual or group controls everything; they all operate separately and with little overall communication. Yet the steaks are served at the best restaurants, the grocery stores are stocked with the food people want, etc. No heirarchical government, yet the system works! If you ask me if I want uneducated people running the "food distribution system," I might be inclined to say no, but if you ask me whether they can work as checkers at the local grocery store, I'd say "yes." Likewise, if you ask me if I want uneducated people "running the country" I guess I have no problem with them controlling their proportional amount of political influence (BTW, they do this already!) but no more. Jim Bell jimbell(a)pacifier.com

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BOW_itz
by frantz＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: [WhoWhere?]
by Ryan Russell/SYBASE 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I did a search for "sybase.com" and, while there were no e-mail addresses of Sybase employees, I now know of a bunch of places running Sybase software. At least, I presume so, since they have an account named sybase. Also, a search on root turned up this particularly entertaining entry... http://people.whowhere.com/pages/ask@ist.flinders.edu.au Is this one of the people who volunteered their own information? Ryan

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unsuscrived :-|
by Rich Graves 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

If you want my views on that all.net loon, Microsoft, institutional privacy issues, digital cash, java, whowhere.com, offshore data havens, and so on, please Cc me. For other topics, I read coderpunks, c2-interest, cypherpunks-announce, resnet-forum, fight-censorship (though I can't post under my own name), comp.org.eff.talk, news.groups, talk.politics.crypto, comp.os.ms-windows.networking.win95, and alt.fan.ernst-zundel. -rich

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Re: Former CIA Director and *Strategic Investment* Editor missing
by minow＠apple.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>CNN is reporting that Colby's canoe has been found on the Potomac and >Colby is missing. Hmm, I wonder whether any of the anonymous contributors to Cypherpunks has suddenly stopped contributing? Martin Minow minow(a)apple.com

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RE: www.WhosWhere.com selling access to my employer's passwd file
by Blake Coverett 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> We go to great pains to keep from revealing your e-mail address to > a web site. Several of the fixes in 2.01 were for these sorts of problems. > Given a current version of Netscape Navigator, how would a spam-king > steal your e-mail address from his web page? I just noticed an attack vector that I wasn't aware of previously. If the browser is running with CLASSPATH set to include the JDK classes.zip applets are suddenly able to enumerate all the system properties. On my system user.name is set to '?', but user.dir and user.home are both available. This isn't a huge exposure, but it is unsettling. -Blake (off to poke around further)

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FWD: info war info (& that All.net loon)
by hieronym＠desk.nl 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: "ITNS administrator" <admin(a)intellitech.cz> Organization: IntelliTech s.r.o. To: ITNS/INT.subscribers(a)traveller.cz (Czech & Slovak republics) Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 08:38:46 +0000 Subject: Information Warfare =========== Web sites, information services, associations =========== - Air Chronicles (US Air Force Web site) => http://www.cdsar.af.mil/ - Airborne Electronic Warfare Systems Department => http://www.code802.nwscc.sea06.navy.mil/ - C4I HORIZON '95 => http://infosphere.safb.af.mil/~rmip/h95top.htm - DISA Center for INFOSEC (CISS). ("The Center for Information Systems Security's (INFOSEC) (CISS) goal is to create and manage a unified, fully integrated information systems security program for all Defense Information Infrastructure (DII) systems. CISS acts as the focal point for assuring availability, integrity and confidentiality of DII Automated Information Systems (AIS) information.") => http://www.disa.mil/ciss/ciss.html - Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC ) online guide to privacy resourcesj. (EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, DC. For more information email info(a)epic.org) => http://cpsr.org/cpsr/privacy/epic/privacy_resources.faq - Federation of American Scientists (FAS) (The). (FAS conducts analysis and advocacy on science, technology and public policy, including nuclear weapons, arms sales, biological hazards, secrecy, and space policy. FAS is a privately-funded non-profit policy organization whose Board of Sponsors includes half of America's living Nobel Laureates.) => http://www.clark.net/pub/gen/fas/ - Information Warfare => http://www.rain.org/~lonestar/infowar.htm - Information Warfare: The Invisible War => http://www.seas.gwu.edu/student/kimc/ - Information Warfare books and resources from Management Analytics => http://all.net/books/iw/top.html - Institute for the Advanced Study of Information Warfare (IASIW), a virtual nongovernmental organization formed to facilitate an understanding of information warfare with reference to both military and civilian life. => http://www.psycom.net/iwar.1.html - Intelligence reform project => http://www.clark.net/pub/gen/fas/irp/ - Internet Security Issues => http://www.cs.albany.edu/~ault/security/ - Line of Site -- US Military Sites on the Internet (an address book of about 350 URL's pertaining to the US Military. This is a no frills, cut to the heart of the matter, publication, presenting welcome relief for those of us who are tired of wading through pages of photos and descriptors just to find one URL. Listings are in alphabetical order and there is even space for writing in additions or comments. $12.00 plus $3.00 shipping and handling. Periodic updates will be available from the publishers -- electronic transmission is available. Send cash, check or money order to Real Trends, Inc., 9200 Centerway Road, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879, USA - be sure to include your full mailing address. - National Computer Security Association (NCSA) (NCSA's mission is to foster improvement in all aspects of world- wide digital security, reliability and ethics by providing key services to three principal constituents: end- users of digital technologies, computer and communications industry product developers and vendors, and computer and information security experts.) => http://www.ncsa.com/ - National Military Intelligence Association (NMIA) => http://www.cais.com/NMIA/HomePage.html - National Security Agency (NSA) => http://www.nsa.gov:8080/ - National Technical Information Service (NTIS) => http://www.fedworld.gov/ntis/ntishome.html - Naval Postgraduate School (The): Joint C4I Systems Curriculum => http://www.stl.nps.navy.mil/c4i/ - Office of the Director of C4I (Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications, and Computers) => http://www.army.mil/disc4-pg/disc4.htm - Reto E. Haeni's Information Warfare Home Page => http://www.seas.gwu.edu/student/reto/infowar/info- war.html - S.D. James' Information Warfare Home Page => http://vislab-www.nps.navy.mil/~sdjames/info_war.html - Security (Web site with resources) => http://www.southwind.net/~miked/security.html - Third Wave Revolution (The): Netwars and Activists, Power on the Net => http://www.teleport.com/~jwehling/OtherNetwars.html - U.S. Air Force Air Intelligence Agency => http://www.dtic.dla.mil/airforcelink/pa/factsheets/Air_Intelli gence_Agency.html - U.S. Army Digitization Master Plan =>http://fotlan5.fotlan.army.mil/..ADMP/adotoc.htm - U.S. Army Research Laboratory => http://www.brl.mil/EA/ARL_homepage.html - U.S. Navy Warfare Systems and Sensors Research Directorate => http://www.nrl.navy.mil/code.5000.html - USA FA 53 (Serving Uniformed Service Automation and Acquisition Professionals, Systems Automation) Home Page => http://www.seas.gwu.edu/seas/fa53/index.html =========== Electronic mailing list, newsgroup archives =========== - C4I Professionals Mailing List, Naval Postgraduate School => http://dubhe.cc.nps.navy.mil/~rdthrash/c4i- pro.html - C4I-Pro Archive => http://www.stl.nps.navy.mil/lists/c4i-pro/date.html - Computer Underground Digest (CUD) (an open forum dedicated to sharing information among computerists and to the presentation and debate of diverse views.) => http://www.utopia.com/mailings/cud/ - Cypherpunks archive by thread => http://infinity.nus.sg/cypherpunks/ - Best of Security List Archive by thread => http://www.connectnet.net.au/BoS/ - Forum On Risks To The Public In Computers And Related Systems (Committee on Computers and Public Policy, Peter G. Neumann, moderator The RISKS Forum is a moderated digest. Its USENET equivalent is comp.risks) => http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/ - Privacy, Security, Crypto, Surveillance archive (from EFF) http://www.eff.org/pub/Privacy/ =========== Conferences, Expositions =========== - InfoWarCon '96 => http://www.ncsa.com/infowar1.html - InfoWarCon (Europe) '96 ("Defining the European Perspective" will be the theme of this year's InfoWarCon to be held in Brussels, Belgium May 22 - 24, 1996. Sponsors include National Computer Security Association; Winn Schwartau, President and CEO, Interpact, Inc.; and Robert David Steele, Chairman & CEO, Open Source Solutions Group. Co-Sponsors include: IBM Internet Security Systems; Jane's Information Group Network Systems, Inc.; and Norman Data Defense. Overview: Information Warfare represents a global challenge that faces all late-industrial and information age nation states. It also represents the easiest and cheapest way for less developed nation-states and religious or political movements to anonymously and grievously attack major nations and international corporations. Not only are the definitions of InfoWar unclear, but they span many areas and disciplines. This conference will examine the European perspectives on all three classes of Information Warfare while contributing some American lessons learned, mistakes made and successes enjoyed. The conference will look at these three areas of interest: Class I: Personal Privacy Class II: Industrial and Economic Spying and Warfare Class III: Global Conflict, Terrorism and the Military) => http://www.ncsa.com/iweuro96.html =========== Infowar product vendors and service providers =========== - enterWorks.com (Virtual DB) - Omnisec International (Carries out security checks on CIA agents.) - Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) => http://www.saic.com/copyright.html - Security Dynamics, RSA Data Security => http://www.securid.com/ID104.4221/index.html =========== Infowar, security products and services =========== - Devices now in field testing with the U.S. Marines, according to Ellison C. Urban, Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in his paper "The Information Warrior" (http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/publicaccess/1195inf1.html) are described as follows: The Tamer: The Tamer system consists of a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, a liquid-crystal display (LCD), thumb-input devices, data ports, and software for intelligence reports -- all in a single module integrated with a standard-issue Melios laser rangefinder. In a future version the LCD will be eliminated and a video capability added; an intelligence report form filled out by the soldier and automatically transmitted by a geopositioning satellite will be superimposed on the scene through the viewfinder. VoiceMap: Via the VoiceMap (or a similar system, Pathfinder, shown on the Web site), the user's location is fixed by a GPS receiver and then displayed on an electronic map, where it is compared with the user's itinerary. Maps can be scrolled or scaled with voice commands, as well as updated with tactical data sent from other units by radio link. In future, the attached computer will have an artificial intelligence capability, permitting it to respond to complex queries, such as "What is the best route to way station Delta?" VuMan: The VuMan is a body-hugging computer with an easily manipulated circular dial that displays animations of repair procedures, replacing thousands of pages of maintenance manuals. Soldiers simultaneously see both their equipment and the computer information through a head-up display. MARSS: The Maintenance and Repair Support System (MARSS) is the first application planned for an electronic vest called the bodyLAN, which provides a wireless local- area network that interconnects with personnel and their systems. A MARSS-equipped soldier wearing the vest can walk up to a piece of equipment in need of repair -- a tank, say -- and have it disgorge its self-diagnostics by radio to the soldier's on-board computer. That computer, linked to other devices, sorts the information and links up to logistics stations in the rear or around the world. The bodyLAN vest presents both potential benefits and potential problems.). The MARSS project is the first application of a central element planned for all TIAs: a wireless local-area network -- called a bodyLAN -- in a thin undervest to be worn by every soldier. The vest will eliminate redundant electronic components and link the remaining devices (and those of other troops) via a common standard. But being in such intimate contact, as it were, with such a device adds risks. - Management Analytics Info-Sec Products (Products listed in late April include the following: Internet Tester: Internet Vulnerability Tests for Unix ... Tracer: Automated Audit Software ... Daemons: Secure http and gopher daemons ... ManAlMail: Sendmail reciever replacement ... Tracker: Tracks Down Sites ... Access: Centralized SetUID Program ... Menus: Secure Menu system and BBS ... One- Time-Pass: Hardware-free one-time password schemes ... Watcher: Watches and analyzes log files in real-time ... Mantra: Generates and tests passwords ... Permit: Verifies and corrects access control settings ... Checkers: Crypto- checksum and other integrity checking systems ... Integrity Toolkit: An integrity shell for Unix ... Shell Utilities: Useful utilities for programming the shell) => http://all.net/products/top.html - Semiomap a Tool to Monitor Internet (Claude Vogel, CEO, claude.vogel(a)devinci.fr, fax +33 1 41377099, Semio Corp., 137 S. Robertson Blvd. Suite 103, Beverly Hills, CA 90211, USA, fax: +1 310 888 8785) => http://www.indigo-net.com/intel.html

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Re: The Joy of Java
by frantz＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 6:35 PM 4/28/96 -0400, E. ALLEN SMITH wrote: > If Java can indeed be reworked to provide proper security (e.g., if >Perry's incorrect in this case - everyone's falliable), then how much >modifications are likely to be necessary? I'm currently looking at the >possibility of learning a modern high-level computer language, and Java looks >like one of the more promising options. (I currently know a bit of Applesoft >Basic, Quattro Pro Macro language, VAX/VMS .COM file language, and MS-DOS >batch file language.) In other words, I'm wondering if it's worth my while to >learn Java now, or if I should wait (and possibly learn another language) until >the bugs are worked out? Will removing the flaws make it such a different >language that learning it now won't be of much use for someone like me? I think Java is an excellent language to learn as a part of learning modern programming languages and techniques. Even if the bytecode verifier falls completely on its face, you will still know a safer language than C or C++. (However, if the verifier falls, you may also know an obsolete language.) The syntax of Java is similar to C and C++, which may help you learn those languages (in the same way knowing Italian helps you learn Spanish). The garbage collected nature of Java may get you into bad habits when using C or C++, but since I switch back between Assembler and Java, it is not insurmountable. I do not think the Java bugs are bad enough to make it a poor language for learning. However, it is a very young language, and "nice" programming environments aren't quite here yet. However, new environments are being delivered every month, so if you demand luxury environments, you shouldn't have to wait too long. Regards - Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bill Frantz | The CDA means | Periwinkle -- Computer Consulting (408)356-8506 | lost jobs and | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz(a)netcom.com | dead teenagers | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA

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No Subject
by anon-remailer＠utopia.hacktic.nl 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Fm: Swedish Chef <borkbork(a)chef.bork.se> Essesseeneshun Puleetics Pert 6 A freqooent ineetiel beleeeff emung peuple-a vhu hefe-a recently heerd ooff my "essesseeneshun puleetics" idea is zee feer thet thees system veell sumehoo be-a "oooot ooff cuntrul": It vuoold ind up cooseeng zee deet ooff oordeenery, "undeserfeeng" peuple-a. Bork Bork Bork! Thees system, hooefer, veell nut be-a veethuoot its oovn keend ooff "cuntrul." Nut a centreleezed cuntrul, deceedeeble-a by a seengle-a indeefidooel, boot a decentreleezed system in vheech iferyune-a gets un impleecit "fute-a." A guud unelugy meeght be-a tu cunseeder a suceeety in vheech iferyune's huoose-a zeermustet is cuntrulled tu ooperete-a et a temperetoore-a vheech is set fur zee inture-a cuoontry. Iech persun's cuntrul inpoot is tekee es a "fute-a," vhezeer tu get hutter, culder, oor tu stey zee seme-a temperetoore-a. Zee centrel cuntrul cumpooter edjoosts zee neshunel setpueent temperetoore-a in oorder tu iqooeleeze-a zee noomber ooff peuple-a vhu vunt zee temperetoore-a culder und hutter. Iech huoose-a is et zee seme-a, neshunelly-set temperetoore-a, hooefer. Cleerly, nu oone-a indeefidooel is in cuntrul ooff zee setteeng. Bork Bork Bork! Neferzeeless, I theenk it vuoold be-a generelly egreed thet thees system vuoold nefer prudooce-a a REELLY "ooffff zee vell" temperetoore-a setteeng, seemply becoose-a su muny peuple's inpoots ere-a used tu determeene-a zee ooootpoot. Soore-a, iff a gruoop ooff 10,000 keeds deceeded (esseested by zee Internet) tugezeer tu scroo veet zee system, und zeey ell set zeeur huooses' zeermustet inpoots tu "hutter," zeey cuoold SLIGHTLY increese-a zee ooferell setteeng, boot seence-a zeere-a ere-a prubebly ebuoot 100 meelliun seperete-a dvelleengs in zee US, zeeur feeddlings veell be-a drooned oooot by zee fest mejureety ooff zee pupooleshun's desures. Is thees system "oooot ooff cuntrul"? Trooe-a, it is oooot ooff zee "cuntrul" ooff uny seengle-a indeefidooel, boot neferzeeless it is vell veethin zee cuntrul ooff zee pupooleshun es a vhule-a. Bork Bork Bork! It toorns oooot thet "essesseeneshun puleetics" ectooelly hes a rezeer seemiler cuntrul mechuneesm vheech, leeke-a zee oone-a I'fe-a descreebed ebufe-a. Furst, I'fe-a pueented oooot thet iff I vere-a tu ooperete-a a centreleezed system sooch es thees, I'd oonly eccept duneshuns nemeeng peuple-a vhu ere-a in feeuleshun ooff zee "Nun-Ineetieshun Ooff Furce-a Preenciple-a" (NIOFP), vell knoon tu leeberteriuns. Bork Bork Bork! By thees stunderd, gufernment impluyees (vhu hefe-a eccepted peychecks peeed fur veet foonds stulee frum ceetizenry by texes) und creeminels vhuse-a creemes ectooelly hed a feectim vuoold be-a inclooded. Let's cell thees hypuzeeteecel oorguneezeshun "Oorguneezeshun A," oor OorgA fur shurt. Bork Bork Bork! Trooe-a, sumebudy ilse-a meeght be-a a leettle-a less scroopooluoos, eccepteeng duneshuns fur zee termeeneshun ooff ENYBODY regerdless ooff vhezeer he-a "deserfes" hees fete-a. (Hypuzeeteecelly, let's cell zeem, "Oorguneezeshun B," oor OorgB, fur shurt.) Hooefer, I sooggest thet iff it vere-a ixpleeened tu must putenteeel dunurs (vhu, I sooggest, vuoold hefe-a "typeecel" lefels ooff scrooples) thet iff he-a petruneezes OorgB, hees interests vuooldn't be-a prutected. Fur ixemple-a, OorgB (iff it soorfeefes und threefes) meeght leter cume-a beck tu terget HIM, becoose-a ooff sume-a oozeer dunur. OorgA vuoold nut. Bork Bork Bork! Netoorelly, oooor "itheecel" dunur duesn't vunt thees, su he-a vuoold chuuse-a tu geefe-a hees duneshun tu zee must "itheecel" oorguneezeshun vhu veell eccept it. Bork Bork Bork! Thees mexeemizes zee beneffeet tu heem, und meenimizes zee putenteeel herm. Bork Bork Bork! Seence-a BOTH oorguneezeshuns veell eccept duneshuns fur "deserfeeng" feectims, vheele-a oonly OorgB veell eccept zeem fur "joost unybudy," it is reesuneble-a tu cuncloode-a thet (cepeetelism beeeng vhet it is) OorgB's retes (zee percentege-a ooff zee preece-a it keeps es pruffeet) cun be-a und veell be-a heegher fur its duneshuns. (thet's becoose-a zeere-a is less cumpeteeshun in its erea ooff speceeelizeshun.) Thoos, it vuoold be-a mure-a icunumeecel tu terget "deserfeeng" peuple-a thruoogh OorgA , und thoos dunurs veell be-a drevn tu it. Bork Bork Bork! In eddeeshun, OorgA veell becume-a lerger, mure-a credeeble-a, beleeefeeble-a und troostvurthy, und mure-a putenteeel "gooessurs" (essesseens?) veell "vurk" its system, und fur looer eferege-a putenteeel peyments. (ell ilse-a beeeng iqooel.) Ifee su, und iruneecelly, zee eferege-a duneshun lefel fur peuple-a leested by OorgA vuoold leekely be-a heegher, seence-a (iff ve-a essoome-a zeese-a ere-a "deserfeeng" peuple-a) mure-a peuple-a veell be-a cuntreebooting tooerds zeeur demeese-a. Bork Bork Bork! Effter ell, iff a putenteeel dunur vunts tu "heet" sume-a gufernment beegvig, zeere-a veell be-a PLENTY ooff oozeer dunurs tu shere-a zee cust veet. Meelliuns ooff duneshuns ooff $1 tu $10 iech vuoold be-a cummun und qooeete-a icunumeecel. Oon zee oozeer hund, iff yuoo joost selected a terget oooot ooff zee telephune-a durectury, un "undeserfeeng" terget, yuoO'll prubebly be-a zee oonly persun vunteeng tu see-a heem deed, vheech meuns thet yuoO'll prubebly hefe-a tu fuut zee vhule-a beell ooff perheps $5K tu $10K iff yuoo vunt tu see-a uny "ecshun." Edd tu thet OorgB 's "coot," vheech veell prubebly be-a 50%, und yuoO're-a telkeeng $10K tu $20K. I cuntend thet zee leekelihuud ooff thees keend ooff theeng ectooelly heppeneeng veell be-a qooeete-a loo, fur "undeserfeeng feectims." Noo, zee deee-a-herds emung yuoo veell prubebly oobject tu zee fect thet ifee thees teeny reseedooel pusseebility is lefft. Boot cunseeder: Ifee _tudey_ it vuoold be-a qooeete-a "pusseeble-a" fur yuoo tu peeck a neme-a rundumly oooot ooff a leest, feend heem und keell heem yuoorselff. Dues thees freqooently heppee? Epperently nut. Fur joost oone-a theeng, zeere's nu reel muteefe-a. Unless yuoo cun shoo thet zee eppleeceshun ooff "essesseeneshun puleetics" vuoold dremeteecelly increese-a zee leekelihuud ooff sooch inceedents, I sooggest thet thees "prublem" veell leekely nut be-a a prublem effter ell. Bork Bork Bork! Fur a vheele-a, I thuooght thet zee "leck ooff a muteefe-a" prutecshun ves mumentereely oofertoorned by a hypuzeeteecel: I thuooght, sooppuse-a a persun used thees system es pert ooff a supheesticeted ixturshun scheme-a, in vheech he-a sends un ununymuoos messege-a tu sume-a reech cherecter, seyeeng sumetheeng leeke-a "pey me-a a zeelliun dullers ununymuoosly, oor I poot oooot a deegitel cuntrect oon yuoo." Fur a vheele-a, thees oone-a hed me-a stoomped. Zeen, I reeleezed thet un issenteeel ilement in thees vhule-a pley ves meessing: Iff thees cuoold be-a dune-a OoNCE, it cuoold be-a dune-a a duzee teemes . Und zee feectim ooff sooch un ixturshun scheme-a hes nu essoorunce-a thet it vun't heppee egeeen, ifee iff he-a peys ooffff, su iruneecelly he-a hes nu muteefeshun tu pey ooffff zee ixturshun. Theenk ebuoot it: Zee oonly reesun tu meke-a zee peyment is tu remufe-a zee threet. Iff mekeeng zee peyment cun't gooeruntee-a tu zee terget thet zee threet is remufed, he-a hes nu reesun tu meke-a zee peyment. Bork Bork Bork! Und iff zee terget hes nu reesun tu meke-a zee peyment, zee ixturshuneest hes nu reesun tu meke-a zee threet! Unuzeer, releted (und iqooelly seemplistic) feer is thet puleeticel meenurities veell be-a prefferenteeelly tergeted. Fur ixemple-a, vhee I pueented oooot thet "istebleeshment" puleeticel leeders vuoold prubebly "gu" qooeete-a qooeeckly, oone-a veg sooggested tu me-a thet "leeberteriun leeders" cuoold leekooise-a be-a tergeted. Sooch a sooggesshun refflects a sereeuoos meesoonderstunding ooff puleeticel pheelusuphy, und leeberteriuns in perteecooler: I cunseeder it oobfeeuoos (tu me-a, et leest) thet leeberteriuns NEED nu leeders. (Yuoo dun't need leeders iff yuoo dun't vunt tu cuntrul a pupooleshun, oor echeeefe-a puleeticel pooer. Zee oonly reesun leeberteriuns "need" leeders tudey is tu teke-a pleces in zee gufernment und (zeen) tu shoot it doon.) Und iff my idea is implemented, "leeberteriun leeders" represent nu mure-a ooff a threet tu unyune-a thun zee eferege-a leeberteriun ceetizee. Bork Bork Bork! Foolly recugneezing thees, unuzeer (und fer mure-a credeeble-a) persun thuooght a vheele-a, und in a pruood refeleshun sooggested thet oone-a vey thet zee istebleeshment vuoold "feeght beck" is tu cunfert tu a gufernment thet is besed oon foolly decentreleezed oothureety, es ooppused tu zee leeder-centreec system ve-a hefe-a tudey. Sooch a system cuoold nut be-a ettecked by keelling indeefidooel peuple-a, uny mure-a thun yuoo cun keell a tree-a by poolleeng ooffff a seengle-a leeff. Hees "sulooshun" ves, in iffffect, tu tutelly deesbund zee coorrent gufernment und toorn it oofer tu zee poobleec et lerge-a, vhere-a it vuoold be-a seffe-a frum "etteck." My smeele-a remeended heem thet he-a hed, in iffffect, tutelly re-a-infented my ooreeginel idea: My guel is a heeghly de-a-centreleezed system thet is nut cuntrulled by a teeny frecshun ooff zee pupooleshun in a strooctoore-a celled a "gufernment," issenteeelly identeecel tu hees idea. Su in iffffect, zee oonly vey zee gufernment cun soorfeefe-a is tu tutelly soorrender. Und oonce-a it soorrenders, zee peuple-a veen. Und in precteece-a, it veell hefe-a nu elterneteefe-a. Bork Bork Bork! Veell thees idea be-a "oooot ooff cuntrul"? Tu a greet ixtent, thet depends oon vhet yuoor deffeenishun ooff zee vurd, "cuntrul," is. I hefe-a cume-a tu beleeefe-a thet "essesseeneshun puleetics" is a puleeticel Rurshech (ink-blut) test: Vhet yuoo theenk ooff it is strungly releted tu yuoor puleeticel pheelusuphy. Bork Bork Bork! [ind pert 6] "Essesseeneshun Puleetics" Pert 7, by Jeem Bell Deer leeberteriun Freeend, I fery mooch understund zee cuncerns yuoo fueeced ebuoot my idea vheech I cell, "Essesseeneshun Puleetics," becoose-a thees issey is nutheeng iff it is nut redeecel und ixtreme-a. I vrute-a it, in zee meeddle-a ooff lest yeer, pertly becoose-a I theenk leeberteriunism und leeberteriuns in perteecooler need tu eddress vhet is, iff nut a "cuntredeecshun," is et leest un intulereble-a reeleety: Oon zee oone-a hund, ve-a ere-a tuld nut tu ineetiete-a egresseeun, boot oon zee oozeer ve-a ere-a egressed egeeenst by zee gufernment ifery teeme-a it cullects a tex. Bork Bork Bork! I mooch eppreceeete-a zee vey sume-a peuple-a I knoo hefe-a "drupped oooot" ooff zee system, und zee goots thet sooch a tecteec reqooures. Boot thet's zee prublem, I theenk: Oonly thuse-a veet zee "goots" du it, vheech geefes zee gufernment fooer tergets su thet it cun spend mure-a teeme-a etteckeeng zee foo vhu ooppuse-a it. Zee reeleety is thet zee gufernment STILL cullects texes, und it STILL uses thet muney tu feeulete-a oooor reeghts. Ve-a ell knoo thet's vrung. Bork Bork Bork! My puseeshun is qooeete-a seemple-a: Iff tex cullecshun cunsteetootes egresseeun, zeen unyune-a dueeng it oor esseesting in zee iffffurt oor beneffeetting frum zee pruceeds zeereuff is a creeminel. Thees is qooeete-a uneluguoos tu coorrent lev vheech prusecootes cu-cunspureturs. Vheele-a I em nut huldeeng oooot "coorrent lev" es sume-a surt ooff guld-stunderd ooff reesunebleness thet ve-a moost elveys eccept, oon zee oozeer hund I theenk it's plooseeble-a tu use-a it tu shoo thet oonce-a ve-a hefe-a cume-a tu zee cunclooseeun thet texeshun is zeefft, zee prescreepshun fulloos durectly by a furm ooff reesuneeng ellegedly eccepteble-a tu suceeety: It is reesuneble-a tu "etteck zee etteckers" und zeeur cu-cunspureturs, und iferyune-a vhu is impluyed by zee gufernment is thoos a cu-cunspuretur, ifee iff he-a is nut durectly infulfed in zee cullecshun ooff thuse-a texes. Thet's becoose-a he-a IS infulfed in _beneffeetting_ frum zee pruceeds ooff zeese-a texes, und he-a presoomebly prufeedes a certeeen lefel ooff "beckoop" tu zee yuoong thoogs thet gufernmentel oorguneezeshuns oofftee hure-a. Bork Bork Bork! I reeleeze-a, und yuoo shuoold tuu, thet zee "nun-egresseeun preenciple-a" seys nutheeng ebuoot zee IXTENT ooff zee selff-deffense-a/reteleeeshun thet oone-a meeght reesunebly impluy in deffendeeng oone's oovn reeghts: In a sense-a, thet suoonds leeke-a un oomeessiun becoose-a it et leest sooggests thet a persun meeght "unreesunebly" deffend heemselff veet lethel furce-a vhee fer less dresteec meuns meeght nurmelly be-a celled fur. Fur vhet it's vurt, I theenk must peuple-a veell behefe-a respunseebly. Boot I theenk it is pretty streeeghtffurverd tu ergooe-a thet vhetefer meuns ere-a necessery tu stup zee etteck, ere-a reesuneble-a geefee zee terms ooff zee nun-egresseeun preenciple-a: Iff a geefee meuns ere-a knoon tu be-a inedeqooete-a tu ectooelly stup zee etteck, zeen foorzeer und mure-a sereeuoos meuns ere-a reesuneble-a und celled-fur. Bork Bork Bork! Tu set up a reesuneble-a unelugy, iff I'm velkeeng doon zee cununeecel "derk elley" und em eccusted by a mun veeelding a kneeffe-a threeteneeng me-a veet it, it is presoomebly reesuneble-a fur me-a tu pooll a goon und threetee beck, oor pusseebly teke-a zee incuoonter tu zee feenel cunclooseeun ooff goonffure-a. Ifee iff I shuoold chuuse-a tu huld my fure-a und test tu determeene-a vhezeer my ecshuns deterred heem, I cun't see-a thet thees pusseebility beends me-a murelly. Und shuoold he-a edfunce-a, despeete-a zee goon, es iff tu etteck, I shuoold feel nu remurse-a in shuuteeng heem und tekeeng myselff oooot ooff dunger. Iff yuoo eccept zee premeeses su fer, yuoo epperently eccept zee preenciple-a thet isceleshun ooff zee selff-deffense-a/reteleeeshun is reesuneble-a es lung es iff zee coorrent lefel ooff retoorned cuoonter-threet is inedeqooete-a tu stup zee egresseeun ineetieted by zee oozeer perty. Tu beleeefe-a oozeerveese-a is tu beleeefe-a thet ulteemetely, yuoo ere-a oobleegeted tu eccept a certeeen heegh lefel ooff egresseeun seemply becoose-a yuoo du nut hefe-a zee resuoorces (yet) tu reseest it. I tutelly reject thees cuncept, es I hupe-a yuoo vuoold. Bork Bork Bork! Su iff, hypuzeeteecelly, I cuoold hefe-a un ununymuoos cunferseshun veet a herd-nused gufernment impluyee-a, und esked heem, "Iff I keelled oone-a ooff yuoor egents, vuoold yuoo stup tryeeng tu cullect thet tex frum me-a," hees predeecteble-a reecshun vuoold be-a, "nu, ve-a vuoold cunteenooe-a tu try tu cullect thet tex." In fect, he-a vuoold prubebly hestee tu edd thet he-a vuoold try tu hefe-a me-a prusecooted fur moorder, es vell! Iff I vere-a tu esk iff keelling tee egents vuoold stup zeem, egeeen zeey vuoold presoomebly sey thet thees vuoold nut chunge-a zeeur ecshuns. Bork Bork Bork! Zee cunclooseeun is, tu me-a, oobfeeuoos: Cleerly, zeere-a is nu precteecel leemit tu zee emuoont ooff selff-deffense-a thet I vuoold need tu prutect my essets frum zee gufernment tex cullectur, und tu ectooelly stup zee zeefft, su I sooggest thet lugeec reqooures thet I be-a murelly und itheecelly ellooed (under leeberteriun preenciples) tu use-a vhetefer lefel ooff selff-deffense-a I chuuse-a. Bork Bork Bork! Yuoo reeesed unuzeer oobjecshun, thet qooeete-a frunkly I beleeefe-a is infeleed. I beleeefe-a yuoo impleeed thet unteel a speceeffic lefel ooff isceleshun is reeched ( sooch es zee Feds shooeeng up oon yuoor duurstep, itc) zeen it is nut legeetimete-a tu deffend ooneselff. Deleecetely, I moost deesegree-a. Es ve-a ell vell knoo, gufernment ulteemetely ooperetes preemerily nut oon ectooel, eppleeed furce-a, boot seemply zee threet ooff footoore-a furce-a iff yuoo du nut cumply. Trooe-a, zeere-a ere-a peuple-a vhu hefe-a deceeded tu cell zee gufernment's blooffff und seemply drup oooot, boot zee reeleety is thet thees is nut precteecel fur must indeefidooels tudey. Bork Bork Bork! Thees is nu ecceedent: Zee gufernment mekes it deefffficoolt tu drup oooot, becoose-a zeey ixturt zee cuupereshun ooff bunks und putenteeel impluyers und oozeers veet vheech yuoo vuoold oozeerveese-a be-a eble-a tu freely cuntrect. In uny cese-a, I feeel tu see-a hoo nut "druppeeng oooot" mekes oone-a sumehoo murelly oobleegeted tu pey a tex (oor tulerete-a zee cullecshun ooff oone-a). I troost yuoo deed nut inedfertently meun tu sooggest thees. Bork Bork Bork! Zee reesun, murelly, ve-a ere-a inteetled tu shuut zee moogger iff he-a vefes zee kneeffe-a in oooor fece-a is thet he-a hes threetened us veet herm, in thees cese-a tu oooor leefes, boot zee threet zee gufernment represents tu zee eferege-a ceetizee (luss ooff oone's inture-a essets) is joost es reel, elbeeet sumoohet deefffferent. Bork Bork Bork! Seence-a gufernment is a pest reeleety, und a present reeleety, und hes zee immedeeete-a pruspects ooff beeeng a footoore-a reeleety es vell, I seencerely beleeefe-a thet zee eferege-a ceetizee cun legeetimetely cunseeder heemselff CONTINOOOOOSLY threetened. Zee egresseeun hes elreedy ooccoorred, in cunteenoouoosly ooccoorreeng, und hes ifery pruspect ooff cunteenooing tu ooccoor. Iff unytheeng vuoold joosteeffy feeghting beck, thees vuoold. Bork Bork Bork! Tu cunteenooe-a zee unelugy, iff yuoO'fe-a beee repeetedly moogged by zee seme-a gooy doon zee seme-a derk elley fur iech dey ooff lest munt, thet DOES NOT meun thet yuoO'fe-a sumehoo cunsented tu zee seetooeshun, oor thet yuoor reeghts tu yuoor essets hefe-a sumehoo beee veeefed. Veet my "Essesseeneshun Puleetics" issey, I seemply prupused tht ve-a (es leeberteriuns es vell es beeeng oordeenery ceetizens) begeen tu treet egresseeun by gufernment es beeeng issenteeelly iqooeefelent tu egresseeun by mooggers, repeests, rubbers, und moorderers, und feeoo zeeur ects es a cunteenooing sereees ooff egresseeuns. Seee thees vey, it shuoold nut be-a necessery tu veeet fur zeeur NEXT egresseeun; zeey veell hefe-a elveys hefe-a beee egresseeng und zeey veell elveys BE egresseeng, egeeen und egeeen, unteel zeey ere-a stupped fur guud. Bork Bork Bork! Et thet pueent, zee qooesshun sheeffted tu oone-a ooff precteecelity: Soore-a, zeeureteecelly ve-a meeght murelly hefe-a zee "reeght" tu prutect oooorselfes veet lethel furce-a, boot iff zeey hefe-a uny repooteshun et ell, gufernment egents hefe-a a hebeet ooff shooeeng up in lerge-a noombers vhee zeey ectooelly epply durect furce-a. Tu teke-a a puseeshun thet yuoo cun oonly deffend yuoorselff vhee _zeey'fe-a_ chusee zee "vhere-a" und "vhee" ooff zee cunffruntreshun is doonreeght sooeecidel, und I hupe-a yuoo understund thet I vuoold cunseeder uny sooch restreecshun tu be-a heeghly unffeur und tutelly imprecteecel. Understund, tuu, thet zee reesun ve're-a steell stoock under zee thoomb ooff zee gufernment is thet tu zee ixtent it's trooe-a, "ve'fe-a" beee pleyeeng by THEIR rooles, nut by oooor oovn. By oooor oovn rooles, THEY ere-a zee egressurs und ve-a shuoold be-a eble-a tu treet zeem eccurdeengly, oon oooor oovn terms, et oooor oovn cunfeneeence-a, vhenefer ve-a chuuse-a, ispeceeelly vhee ve-a feel zee oodds ere-a oon oooor seede-a. Bork Bork Bork! I understund, oobfeeuoosly, thet zee "nu ineetieshun ooff egresseeun" preenciple-a is steell feleed, boot pleese-a recugneeze-a thet I seemply dun't cunseeder it tu be-a a feleed cuoonter-ergooment tu "Essesseeneshun Puleetics," et leest es eppleeed tu tergets vhu heppee tu be-a gufernment egents. Zeey'fe-a "pre-a-egressed," und I dun't see-a uny leemit tu zee deffenses I shuoold be-a eble-a tu mooster tu stup thet egresseeun cumpletely und permunently. Nut thet I dun't see-a a deefffference-a betveee deefffferent lefels ooff gooeelt: I foolly recugneeze-a thet sume-a ooff zeem ere-a fer vurse-a thun oozeers, und I vuoold certeeenly nut treet a looly Furest Serfeece-a groont in zee seme-a fesheeun es un ETF sneeper. Bork Bork Bork! Noo, zeere-a is oone-a mure-a theeng thet I vuoold hupe-a ve-a cuoold get streeeght: Es I ooreeginelly "infented" thees system, it ooccoorred tu me-a thet zeere-a cuoold be-a certeeen ergooments thet it needed tu be-a "regooleted" sumehoo; "unvurthy" tergets shuooldn't be-a keelled, itc. Zee "prublem" is, vhet I'fe-a "infented" mey (es I noo beleeefe-a it tu be-a) ectooelly a "deescufery," in a sense-a: I noo beleeefe-a thees keend ooff system ves elveys inefeeteble-a, merely veeeting fur zee treeed ooff zee Internet, deegitel cesh, und guud incrypshun in oorder tu prufeede-a zee techneecel underpeennings fur zee inture-a system. Iff thet is genooeenely zee cese-a, zeen zeere-a is nu reel vey tu cuntrul it, ixcept by free-a-merket preenciples. Bork Bork Bork! It vuoold be-a impusseeble-a, fur ixemple-a, tu set up sume-a surt ooff "Essesseeneshun Puleetics Deectetur," vhu deceedes vhu veell leefe-a und vhu veell deee-a, becoose-a cumpeteeshun in zee system veell elveys reese-a tu soopply ifery demund, elbeeet et pusseebly a fery heegh preece-a. Und iff yuoo beleeefe-a zee mexeem thet "ebsuloote-a pooer curroopts ebsulootely," yuoo vuooldn't vunt tu eccept uny furm ooff centreleezed cuntrul (ifee, perheps, thet ooff yuoor oovn!), becoose-a uny sooch cuntrul vuoold ifentooelly be-a curroopted. Must reshunel peuple-a recugneeze-a thees, und I du tuu. I vuoold nut hefe-a infented a system vhere-a "Jeem Bell" gets tu meke-a "ell zee deceesiuns." Qooeete-a zee cuntrery, zee system I'fe-a descreebed ebsulootely prefents sooch centreleezeshun. Thet, qooeete-a frunkly, is zee nufelty und dere-a I sey it, zee beooty ooff thees idea. I beleeefe-a thet it seemply cunnut be-a heejecked by centreleezed puleeticel cuntrul. Bork Bork Bork! Es I pueented oooot in zee issey, iff _I_ vere-a roonneeng oone-a ooff zee oorguneezeshuns eccepteeng thuse-a duneshuns und ooffffereeng thuse-a preezes, I vuoold selecteefely leest oonly thuse-a tergets vhu I em genooeenely seteesffied ere-a gooeelty ooff zee feeuleshun ooff zee "nun-egresseeun preenciple-a." Boot es a precteecel metter, zeere-a is nu vey thet I cuoold stup a DIFFERENT oorguneezeshun frum beeeng set up und oopereteeng under DIFFERENT murel und itheecel preenciples, ispeceeelly iff it oopereted ununymuoosly, es I unteepete-a zee "Essesseeneshun Puleetics"-type-a systems veell be-a. Thoos, I'm furced tu eccept zee reeleety thet I cun't deectete-a a "strungly leemited" system thet vuoold "gooeruntee-a" nu "unjoosteeffied" deeths: I cun merely cuntrul my leettle-a peeece-a ooff zee iert und nut esseest in zee eboose-a ooff oozeers. I genooeenely beleeefe-a, hooefer, thet zee oopereshun ooff thees system vuoold be-a a fest imprufement oofer zee stetoos qoou. Bork Bork Bork! Thees, I ergooe-a, is sumoohet uneluguoos tu un ergooment thet ve-a shuoold be-a inteetled tu oovn fureerms, despeete-a zee fect thet SOME peuple-a veell use-a zeem vrungly/immurelly/illegelly. Zee oovnersheep is a reeght ifee thuoogh it mey ulteemetely elloo oor ineble-a un eboose-a thet yuoo cunseeder vrung und pooneesheble-a. Bork Bork Bork! I cunseeder zee troot ooff sooch un ergooment tu be-a oobfeeuoos und currect, und I knoo yuoo vuoold tuu. Bork Bork Bork! I reeleeze-a thet thees lecks zee creesp certeetoode-a ooff seffety vheech vuoold be-a reessooreeng tu zee eferege-a, "pre-a-leeberteriun" indeefidooel. Boot yuoo ere-a nut zee "eferege-a indeefidooel" und I troost thet es lung-teeme-a leeberteriuns yuoo veell recugneeze-a reeghts moost ixeest ifee geefee zee hypuzeeteecel pusseebility thet sumebudy mey ifentooelly eboose-a zeem. Bork Bork Bork! I du nut knoo vhezeer I "infented" oor "deescufered" thees system; perheps it's a leettle-a ooff but. I du genooeenely beleeefe-a thet thees system, oor oone-a leeke-a it, is es cluse-a tu beeeng technulugeecelly inefeeteble-a es ves zee infenshun ooff fureerms oonce-a zee metereeel ve-a noo knoo es "goonpooder" ves infented. I theenk it's oon zee vey, regerdless ooff vhet ve-a du tu stup it. Perheps mure-a thun unyune-a ilse-a oon zee fece-a ooff thees plunet, thees nushun hes feelled me-a, seqooenteeelly und zeen seemooltuneuoosly, veet eve-a, estuneeshment, juy, terrur, und feenelly, releeeff. Bork Bork Bork! Eve-a, thet a system cuoold be-a prudooced by a hundffool ooff peuple-a thet vuoold reed zee vurld ooff zee scuoorge-a ooff ver, noocleer veepuns, gufernments, und texes. Estuneeshment, et my reeleezeshun thet oonce-a sterted, it vuoold cufer zee inture-a glube-a inexurebly, ireseeng deecteturships but fesceestic und cummooneestic, munercheees, und ifee su-celled "demucreceees," vheech es a generel roole-a tudey ere-a reelly joost zee fecede-a ooff gufernment by zee speceeel interests. Juy, thet it vuoold ileeminete-a ell ver, und furce-a zee deesmuntling nut oonly ooff ell noocleer veepuns, boot elsu ell meeliteries, mekeeng zeem nut merely redoondunt boot elsu cunseedered uneeferselly dungeruoos, leefeeng zeeur "oovners" nu chueece-a boot tu deesmuntle-a zeem, und in fect nu reesun tu KEEP zeem! Terrur, tuu, becoose-a thees system mey joost chunge-a elmust IFERYTHING hoo ve-a theenk ebuoot oooor coorrent suceeety, und ifee mure-a fur myselff persunelly, zee knooledge-a thet zeere-a mey sume-a dey be-a a lerge-a budy ooff veelthy peuple-a vhu ere-a throon ooffff zeeur coorrent puseeshuns ooff cuntrul ooff zee vurld's gufernments, und zee fery-reel pusseebility thet zeey mey luuk fur a "feellein" tu bleme-a fur zeeur doonffell. Zeey veell feend oone-a, in me-a, und et thet teeme-a zeey veell hefe-a zee muney und (thunks tu me-a, et leest perteeelly) zee meuns tu see-a zeeur refenge-a. Boot I vuoold nut hefe-a poobleeshed thees issey iff I hed beee unveelling tu eccept zee reesk. Bork Bork Bork! Feenelly, releeeff. Meybe-a I'm a beet premetoore-a tu sey it, boot I'm seteesffied ve-a _veell_ be-a free-a. I'm cunfeenced zeere-a is nu elterneteefe-a. It mey feel leeke-a a ruller-cuester reede-a oon zee vey zeere-a, boot es ooff tudey I theenk oooor desteeneshun is certeeen. Pleese-a understund, ve-a _veell_ be-a free-a. Bork Bork Bork! Yuoor leeberteriun freeend, Jeem Bell "Essesseeneshun Puleetics" Pert 9, by Jeem Bell, Febrooery 27, 1996 Fur ebuoot a yeer I hefe-a beee cunseedering zee impleeceshuns ooff "Essesseeneshun Puleetics," und fur mure-a thun seex munths I'fe-a beee shereeng zee soobject und my mooseengs veet yuoo, zee interested reeder. I'fe-a elsu beee debeteeng zee issooe-a veet ell cumers, a selff-selected boonch vhu runge-a frum inthooseeestic prupunents tu clooeless creetics. Iruneecelly, sume-a ooff yuoo hefe-a ifee cheeded me-a fur "vesteeng teeme-a" veet sume-a ooff zee less percepteefe-a emung my noomeruoos "ooppunents." In deffense-a, my respunse-a hes elveys beee thet vhee I respund tu a persun, I du it nut preemerily fur hees beneffeet, boot fur oozeers vhu meeght be-a fence-a-seetting und ere-a veeeting tu see-a iff my idea veell breek doon unyvhere-a. Bork Bork Bork! Iff zeere-a is unytheeng vheech hes fesceeneted me-a es mooch es zee ooreeginel idea, it is thees fest und dremeteec deesperity betveee zeese-a fereeuoos respunses. Bork Bork Bork! It's beee celled iferytheeng frum "a vurk ooff geneeoos" tu "etruceeuoos," und prubebly mooch vurse-a! Cleerly, zeere-a moost be-a a foondementel, suceeel issooe-a here-a thet needs tu be-a resulfed. Bork Bork Bork! Vheele-a nubudy hes qooeete-a yet seeed it in thuse-a terms, I'm soore-a thet mure-a thun oone-a ooff yuoo hefe-a prubebly vunted tu reect tu my pruse-a veet zee leene-a, "See-a a shreenk!" [Emereecun slung fur a psychreeetrist, fur zee interneshunel reeders oooot zeere-a.] Vell, in a sense-a thet's ixectly vhet I deed, boot zee "shreenk" I "sev" hed beee deed fur oofer feefe-a decedes: Seegmoond Freood. Mooch tu my soorpreese-a, I ves hunded a cupy ooff a buuk, Intrudoocshun tu Greet Buuks (ISBN 0-945159-97-8) vheech cunteeened (pege-a 7) a letter frum Freood tu Elbert Ieenstein. Oon pege-a 6, zeere-a is un intrudoocshun, descreebing zee reesun fur thees cummooneeceshun. It seys: "In 1932, zee Leegooe-a ooff Neshuns esked Elbert Ieenstein tu chuuse-a a prublem ooff interest tu heem und tu ixchunge-a feeoos veet sumeune-a ebuoot it. Ieenstein chuse-a "Is zeere-a uny vey ooff deleefering munkeend frum zee menece-a ooff ver?" es hees prublem und Seegmoond Freood es hees currespundent. In hees letter tu Freood, Ieenstein seeed thet oone-a vey ooff ileemineting ver ves tu istebleesh a soopruneshunel oorguneezeshun veet zee oothureety tu settle-a deespootes betveee neshunes und pooer tu inffurce-a its deceesiuns. Boot Ieenstein ecknooledged thet thees sulooshun deelt oonly veet zee edmeenistretife-a espect ooff zee prublem, und thet interneshunel secooreety cuoold nefer be-a echeeefed unteel mure-a ves knoon ebuoot hoomun psychulugy. Moost reeght elveys be-a sooppurted by meeght? Ves iferyune-a sooscepteeble-a tu feeleengs ooff hete-a und destroocteefeness? It ves tu zeese-a qooesshuns Freood eddressed heemselff in hees reply." Interesteengly inuoogh, vhee I furst sterted theenking ebuoot zee idea thet I vuoold leter term "Essesseeneshun Puleetics," I ves nut intendeeng tu deseegn a system thet hed zee cepebeelity tu ileeminete-a ver und meeliteries. Vhet I ves tergeteeng, preemerily, ves puleeticel tyrunny. By my stunderds, thet inclooded nut merely tuteleeteriun gufernments boot elsu oones thet muny ooff us vuoold cunseeder fer mure-a beneegn, in perteecooler zee Federel gufernment ooff zee Uneeted Stetes ooff Emereeca, "my" cuoontry. Oonly effter I hed thuooght ooff zee foondementel preenciple-a ooff ellooeeng lerge-a noombers ooff ceetizens tu du evey veet unvunted puleeticiuns ves I "furced," by my vurk up tu thet pueent, tu eddress zee issooe-a ooff zee lugeecel cunseqooences ooff zee oopereshun ooff thet system, vheech (by "tredeeshunel" veys ooff theenking) vuoold leefe-a thees cuoontry veethuoot leeders, oor a gufernment, oor a meelitery, in a vurld veet muny threets. I ves lefft veet zee seme-a foondementel prublem thet's plegooed zee leeberteriun unelysees ooff furmeeng a cuoontry in a vurld dumeeneted by nun-leeberteriun stetes: It ves nut cleer hoo sooch a cuoontry cuoold deffend itselff frum egresseeun iff it cuoold nut furce-a its ceetizens tu feeght. Bork Bork Bork! Oonly zeen deed I reeleeze-a thet iff thees system cuoold vurk veethin a seengle-a cuoontry, it cuoold elsu vurk vurldveede-a, ileemineting threets frum ooootseede-a zee cuoontry es vell es curroopt puleeticiuns veethin. Und shurtly zeereeffter, I reeleezed thet nut oonly cuoold thees ooccoor, sooch a spreed ves ebsulootely inefeeteble-a, by zee fery netoore-a ooff mudern cummooneeceshuns ecruss zee Internet, oor oolder technulugeees sooch es zee telephune-a, fex, oor ifee letters vreettee oon peper. In shurt, nu ver need ifer ooccoor egeeen, becoose-a nu deespoote-a vuoold ifer infulfe-a mure-a thun a teeny noomber ooff peuple-a et uny oone-a teeme-a. Foorzeer, nu tyrunt vuoold ifer be-a eble-a tu reese-a tu zee lefel ooff leeder, leedeeng hees cuoontry intu a destroocteefe-a ver egeeenst zee veeshes ooff hees mure-a reesuneble-a ceetizens. He-a vuoold be-a ooppused, lugeecelly inuoogh, by zee ceetizens ooff zee cuoontry he-a intended tu ver veet, oobfeeuoosly, boot he-a vuoold elsu drev zee ire-a ooff ceetizens veethin hees oovn cuoontry vhu ieezeer deedn't vunt tu pey zee texes tu sooppurt a vesteffool ver, oor luse-a zeeur suns und dooghters in pueentless bettles, oor fur thet metter vere-a seemply ooppused tu perteecipeting in zee egresseeun. Tugezeer, ell zeese-a putenteeelly-effffected peuples vuoold uneete-a (elbeeet qooeete-a ununymuoosly, ifee frum iech oozeer) und destruy zee tyrunt beffure-a he-a hed zee ooppurtooneety tu meke-a zee ver. Bork Bork Bork! I ves utterly estuneeshed. Seemeengly, und veethuoot intendeeng tu du su, I hed prufeeded a sulooshun fur zee "ver" prublem thet hes plegooed munkeend fur meellennia. Boot hed I? I reelly dun't knoo. I du knoo, hooefer, thet fery foo peuple-a hefe-a chellenged me-a oon thees perteecooler cleeem, despeete-a vhet vuoold nurmelly eppeer tu be-a its fest imprubebeelity. Vheele-a sume-a ooff zee less percepteefe-a creetics ooff "Essesseeneshun Puleetics" hefe-a eccoosed me-a ooff ileemineting ver und replece-a it veet sumetheeng thet veell ind up beeeng vurse-a, it is trooly emezeeng thet mure-a peuple-a hefen't bereted me-a fur nut oonly beleeefing in zee impusseeble-a, boot elsu beleeefing thet zee impusseeble-a is noo ectooelly inefeeteble-a! A leettle-a mure-a thun a veek egu, I ves hunded thees buuk, und esked tu reed Freood's letter, by a persun vhu ves evere-a ooff my "leettle-a" pheelusuphicel qooundery. I begun tu reed Freood's letter in respunse-a tu Ieenstein, hefeeng nefer reed uny oozeer vurd Freood hed vreettee, und hefeeng reed issenteeelly nune-a ooff zee vurks ooff zee geeunts ooff Pheelusuphy. (Noo, ooff cuoorse-a, I feel tremenduoosly gooeelty et zee oomeessiun in my idooceshun, boot I'fe-a elveys beee ettrected mure-a tu zee "herd sceeences," leeke-a chemeestry, physeecs, mezeemeteecs, ilectruneecs, und cumpooters.) Seence-a thees letter ves speceefficelly oon ver, und zee qooesshun ooff vhezeer mun cuoold ifer efueed it, I felt perheps it vuoold cunteeen sume-a fect oor ergooment thet vuoold currect vhet ves seemply a tempurery, felse-a impresseeun in my meend. Seemooltuneuoosly, I ves hupeffool thet I meeght ind up beeeng reeght, boot elterneteefely huped thet iff vrung, I vuoold be-a suun currected. I ves feerffool thet I ves vrung, boot elsu feerffool thet zeere-a vuoold be-a nutheeng in thees issey thet vuoold esseest me-a in my unelysees ooff zee seetooeshun. Bork Bork Bork! Ebuoot a thurd ooff zee vey thruoogh Freood's letter, I hed my unsver. Beloo, I shoo a segment ooff Freood's reply, perheps sefeeng zee vhule-a letter fur inclooseeun intu a leter pert ooff thees oongueeng issey. Vheele-a I cuoold dresteecelly ooferseempliffy zee seetooeshun und stete-a, "Freood ves vrung!," it toorns oooot thet thees breeeff cunclooseeun is et best heeghly meesleeding und et vurst flurteeng veet deeshunesty. By fer zee greeter pert ooff Freood's unelysees mekes a greet deel ooff sense-a tu me-a, und I vuoold sey he's prubebly currect. Bork Bork Bork! Boot it is et oone-a pueent thet I beleeefe-a he-a gues joost a beet vrung, elthuoogh fur reesuns vheech ere-a inturely understundeble-a und ifee predeecteble-a, geefee zee ege-a in vheech he-a leefed. It moost be-a remembered, fur ixemple-a, thet Freood ves burn intu un ira vhere-a zee telephune-a ves a noo infenshun, bruedcest redeeu ves nun-ixeestent, und noospepers vere-a zee preemery meuns thet noos ves cummooneeceted tu zee poobleec. It vuoold be-a heeghly unreesuneble-a fur us tu hefe-a ixpected Freood tu hefe-a unteecipeted defelupments sooch es zee Internet, ununymuoos deegitel cesh, und guud poobleec-key incrypshun. Bork Bork Bork! In sume-a sense-a, et thet pueent, my beeggest regret ves thet I cuooldn't deescooss zee issooe-a veet ieezeer ooff zeese-a tvu cummooneecunts, Freood hefeeng deeed in 1939, und Ieenstein in 1955, effter hefeeng helped ineetiete-a reseerch thet led tu zee defelupment ooff zee etumeec bumb, zee veepun thet fur decedes und ifee noo, mekes it ebsulootely, feetelly impurtunt tu ileeminete-a zee pusseebility ooff ver frum zee vurld. Bork Bork Bork! Boot I'll let Dr. Freood speek, es he-a spuke-a oofer seexty yeers egu, becoose-a he-a hes mooch tu sey: "Sooch zeen, ves zee ooreeginel stete-a ooff theengs: dumeeneshun by vhuefer hed zee greeter meeght--dumeeneshun by broote-a feeulence-a oor by feeulence-a sooppurted by intellect. Es ve-a knoo, thees regeeme-a ves eltered in zee cuoorse-a ooff ifulooshun. Bork Bork Bork! Zeere-a ves a pet thet led frum feeulence-a tu reeght oor lev. Vhet ves thet pet? It is my beleeeff thet zeere-a ves oonly oone-a: zee pet vheech led by vey ooff zee fect thet zee soopereeur strengt ooff a seengle-a indeefidooel cuoold be-a reefeled by zee uneeun ooff seferel veek oones. "L'ooneeun feeet la furce-a." [French; In uneeun zeere-a is strengt.] Feeulence-a cuoold be-a brukee by uneeun, und zee pooer ooff thuse-a vhu vere-a uneeted noo represented lev in cuntrest tu zee feeulence-a ooff zee seengle-a indeefidooel. Thoos ve-a see-a thet reeght is zee meeght ooff a cummooneety. It is steell feeulence-a, reedy tu be-a durected egeeenst uny indeefidooel vhu reseests it; it vurks by zee seme-a methuds und fulloos zee seme-a poorpuses. Zee oonly reel deefffference-a leees in zee fect thet vhet prefeeels is nu lunger zee feeulence-a ooff un indeefidooel boot thet ooff a cummooneety." [Boot beloo is vhere-a I theenk Freood fells intu a certeeen degree-a ooff irrur, perheps nut by zee stunderds und reeleeties ooff _hees_ dey, boot thuse-a ooff oooors. Bork Bork Bork! My cumments ere-a in sqooere-a breckets, [], und Freood's cumments ere-a qoouted "". Bork Bork Bork! Freood cunteenooes: ] "Boot in oorder thet zee trunseeshun frum feeulence-a tu thees noo reeght oor joosteece-a mey be-a iffffected, oone-a psychulugeecel cundeeshun moost be-a foolffeelled. Zee uneeun ooff zee mejureety moost be-a a steble-a und lesteeng oone-a. Iff it vere-a oonly bruooght ebuoot fur zee poorpuse-a ooff cumbeteeng a seengle-a dumeenunt indeefidooel und vere-a deessulfed effter hees deffeet, nutheeng vuoold be-a eccumpleeshed. Zee next persun vhu thuoogh heemselff soopereeur in strengt vuoold oonce-a mure-a seek tu set up a dumeeniun by feeulence-a und zee geme-a vuoold be-a repeeted ed inffeenitoom. Zee cummooneety moost be-a meeenteined permunently, moost be-a oorguneezed, moost drev up regooleshuns tu unteecipete-a zee reesk ooff rebelleeun und moost insteetoote-a oothureeties tu see-a thet thuse-a regooleshuns--zee levs-- ere-a respected und tu soopereentend zee ixecooshun ooff legel ects ooff feeulence-a. Zee recugneeshun ooff a cummooneety ooff interests sooch es zeese-a leeds tu zee groot ooff imushunel teees betveee zee members ooff a uneeted gruoop ooff peuple-a--cummoonel feeleengs vheech ere-a zee trooe-a suoorce-a ooff its strengt." [ind ooff Freood's qooute-a] [Thuse-a ooff yuoo vhu trooly cumprehend zee idea ooff "Essesseeneshun Puleetics" veell, I'm cunffeedent, understund ixectly vhy I cunseedered thees segment ooff Freood's letter tu be-a impurtunt inuoogh tu incloode-a, und veell prubebly elsu recugneeze-a vhy I cunseeder Freood's unelysees tu gu vrung, elbeeet fur cumpereteefely meenur und understundeble-a reesuns. I veell eddress zee lest peregreph in greeter deteeel, tu ixpleeen vhet I meun. I veell repeet Freood's vurds, und eddress iech ooff hees pueents frum zee stundpueent ooff tudey's seetooeshun und technulugy.] "Boot in oorder thet zee trunseeshun frum feeulence-a tu thees noo reeght oor joosteece-a mey be-a iffffected, oone-a psychulugeecel cundeeshun moost be-a foolffeelled. Zee uneeun ooff zee mejureety moost be-a a steble-a und lesteeng oone-a." [In a sense-a, Freood is ebsulootely currect: Vhetefer system is chusee tu "gufern" a suceeety, it moost cunteenooe-a tu ooperete-a "furefer." ] Freood cunteenooes: " Iff it vere-a oonly bruooght ebuoot fur zee poorpuse-a ooff cumbeteeng a seengle-a dumeenunt indeefidooel und vere-a deessulfed effter hees deffeet, nutheeng vuoold be-a eccumpleeshed." [Thees is vhere-a zee prublem begeens tu creep in. Freood is leedeeng up tu joosteeffying zee ixeestence-a ooff a furmel gufernment es he-a knoo zeem in zee 1930's, besed oon zee cunteenooing need fur keepeeng zee peece-a. Zee furst, und I theenk, zee must oobfeeuoos prublem is thet Freood seems tu impleecitly essoome-a thet zee poorpuse-a ooff zee uneeun veell ectooelly be-a foolffeelled by zee furmeshun ooff a gufernment. Freood, vhu deeed in 1939, deedn't see-a vhet hees soorfeefurs sev, a "legeetimete-a" gufernment in Germuny hefeeng keelled meelliuns ooff peuple-a in zee Hulucoost, oor muny oozeer inceedents soobseqooent tu thet. Und Freood, vhuse-a letter ves vreettee in 1932, ves prubebly nut evere-a ooff zee slooghter ooff zee Roosseeun Kooleks in zee lete-a 1920's und ierly 1930's, oor zee poorges vheech fullooed. Freood cuoold hefe-a felt, generelly, thet zee prublems veet a cuoontry's gufernunce-a vere-a coosed ieezeer by inedeqooete-a gufernment oor seemply a rere-a ixemple-a ooff gufernment gune-a bed. Ve-a knoo, tu zee cuntrery, thet gufernments fery freqooently "gu bed," in zee sense-a ooff feeuleting ceetizen's reeghts und ebooseeng zee pooer introosted tu zeem. Foo mey ind up keelling meelliuns, boot tu essoome-a thet ve-a moost cunteenooe-a tu tulerete-a gufernments joost becoose-a zeey dun't gu qooeete-a es fer es Nezee Germuny vuoold be-a fuuleesh in zee ixtreme-a.] [Zee secund prublem is zee impleecit essoompshun thet zee lung-term cuntrul he-a (currectly) sees MOOST cume-a frum un oorguneezeshun leeke-a a tredeeshunel gufernment. Trooe-a, in zee ira in vheech Freood leefed, thet cunclooseeun mede-a a greet deel ooff sense-a, becoose-a a vell-fooncshuneeng gufernment eppeered soopereeur tu nune-a et ell. Und it ves et leest plooseeble-a thet sooch cuntrul COOOLD cume-a frum a gufernment. Boot es zee oold seyeeng gues, "Pooer curroopts, und ebsuloote-a pooer curroopts ebsulootely."] [Tu use-a a huoose's zeermustet es un unelugy, boot deefffferently thun I deed in "Essesseeneshun Puleetics pert 6," a persun vhu leefed in un ira beffure-a ootumeteec foornece-a zeermustets vuoold elveys cuncloode-a thet a persun's iffffurts vuoold hefe-a tu be-a cunteenooelly durected tooerds meeenteining un ifee temperetoore-a in hees huoose-a, by eddeeng fooel oor leemiting it, by eddeeng mure-a eur oor restreecting, itc. Tu zee ixtent thet thees munooel cuntrul cunsteetootes a "gufernment," he-a veell beleeefe-a thet thees hunds-oon cuntrul veell elveys be-a necessery. Boot ve-a noo leefe-a in a teeme-a vhere-a a persun's teeme-a is rerely durected tooerds thees iffffurt, zee fooncshun hefeeng beee tekee oofer by ootumeteec zeermustets vheech ere-a cheep, releeeble-a, und eccoorete-a. Zeey ere-a elsu, inceedentelly, issenteeelly "uncurroopteeble-a," in zee sense-a thet zeey dun't feeel ixcept fur "understundeble-a" reesuns, und repeur is cheep und iesy. (Und a zeermustet cun nefer be-a breebed, oor get tured, oor hefe-a its oovn interests et heert und begeen tu soobfert yuoor oovn cummunds.) Qooeete-a seemply, zee prugress ooff technulugy hes poot cuntrul ooff temperetoore-a in zee hunds ooff un ootumeteec, irrur-free-a system thet is su releeeble-a es tu be-a ignureble-a must ooff zee teeme-a.] [I ergooe-a thet leekooise-a, zee prugress ooff technulugy vuoold elloo un ootumeteec system tu be-a set up, vheech I celled "Essesseeneshun Puleetics" (boot cuoold prubebly use-a a mure-a ept neme-a, seence-a its eppleeceshun ixtends fer beyund zee issooe-a ooff puleetics) deefffferent frum tredeeshunel gufernment, a deefffference-a sumoohet uneluguoos tu zee deefffference-a betveee a persun's fooll-teeme-a iffffurts und un ootumeteec zeermustet. Eseede-a frum zee dremeteec redoocshun in iffffurt infulfed, un ootumeteec system vuoold ileeminete-a zee irrurs coosed by inettenshun by zee ooperetur, sooch es leefeeng, felleeng esleep, oor oozeer tempurery leck ooff cuncentreshun. Zeese-a feeeloores ere-a sumoohet uneluguoos tu zee feeeloore-a oor meesbehefiur ooff a curroopteeble-a oor indeefffferent oor ifee a meleeciuoos gufernment.] [Thees mekes a gufernment leeke-a Freood sev tutelly unnecessery. Ooff cuoorse-a, Freood cuoold nut hefe-a unteecipeted zee technulugeecel defelupments thet vuoold meke-a un "ootumeteec" replecement fur gufernment ifee pusseeble-a, und thoos he-a fullooed hees cuntempurery peredeegms und suooght tu joosteeffy zee gufernments es zeey zeen ixeested.] Freood cunteenooes: "Zee next persun vhu thuooght heemselff soopereeur in strengt vuoold oonce-a mure-a seek tu set up a dumeeniun by feeulence-a und zee geme-a vuoold be-a repeeted ed inffeenitoom." [Thees stetement is currect, boot I theenk it meesses zee pueent: Muny fooncshuns ooff indeefidooels und mecheenes ere-a nefer "cumpleted", und moost "be-a repeeted ed inffeenitoom." (Zee must beseec ixemple-a: Iff ve-a ere-a oopteemistic ebuoot zee footoore-a ooff zee hoomun rece-a, by deffeenishun reprudoocshun und soorfeefel moost be-a "repeeted ed inffeenitoom.") Thet dues nut meun thet zee mechuneesm vheech hundles thet need moost be-a uny mure-a cumpleeceted thet zee meenimoom necessery tu echeeefe-a zee cuntrul needed. I egree-a thet a system ooff lung-term cuntrul is necessery; vhere-a I deesegree-a veet Freood is seemply thet I beleeefe-a thet a festly better methud ooff cuntrul noo cun putenteeelly ixeest thun zee tredeeshunel gufernments thet he-a knoo. Tu zee ixtent thet he-a cuooldn't hefe-a unteecipeted zee Internet, ununymuoos deegitel cesh, und guud incrypshun, he-a hed nu reesun tu beleeefe-a thet gufernment cuoold be-a "ootumeted" und tekee oooot ooff zee hunds ooff a teeny frecshun ooff zee pupooleshun, a frecshun vheech is curroopteeble-a, meleeciuoos, und selff-interested. Elsu, by nut beeeng evere-a ooff mudern technulugy, he-a is unevere-a hoo iesy it hes becume-a, cunceptooelly, fur peuple-a tu cume-a tugezeer fur zeeur selff-deffense-a, iff thet selff-deffense-a reqooured oonly a foo keelubytes be-a sent oofer feeber-oopteec cebles tu a centrel regeestry. Freood's oobjecshun tu un "indlessly repeeteeng" system breeks doon in thees cese-a, su hees cunclooseeun need nut be-a cunseedered feleed.] Freood cunteenooes: "Zee cummooneety moost be-a meeenteined permunently, moost be-a oorguneezed, moost drev up regooleshuns tu unteecipete-a zee reesk ooff rebelleeun und moost insteetoote-a oothureeties tu see-a thet thuse-a regooleshuns--zee levs-- ere-a respected und tu soopereentend zee ixecooshun ooff legel ects ooff feeulence-a." [Egeeen, I theenk Freood meesses zee pueent. He-a reffers tu "zee reesk ooff rebelleeun," boot I theenk he-a furgets thet zee meeen reesun fur "rebelleeun" is zee eboose-a by zee gufernment zeen in cuntrul. (Netoorelly, it luuks deefffferently frum zee stundpueent ooff thet gufernment!) Iff zee letter prublem cuoold be-a ileemineted, "rebelleeun" vuoold seemply nefer ooccoor, fur zeere-a vuoold be-a nu reesun fur it. Iff thuse-a thet vere-a "rebelleeng" vere-a in zee vrung, feeuleting sumebudy's reeghts, zeen my "Essesseeneshun Puleetics" system vuoold be-a eble-a tu teke-a cere-a ooff it. Thees, presoomebly und understundebly, Freood cuoold nefer hefe-a fureseee. Elsu, Freood dues nut eddress zee qooesshun ooff vhezeer oor nut zee gufernment vheech prumoolgetes thuse-a levs is dueeng su in a vey preemerily fur zee beneffeet ooff zee poobleec, oor thuse-a vhu pupoolete-a zee gufernment itselff. Grefft ves vell knoon iff Freood's teeme-a; it seems tu me-a thet he-a shuoold hefe-a eddressed zee qooesshun ooff vhezeer oor nut un inteety celled a "gufernment" cuoold ectooelly echeeefe-a zee beneffeets he-a cleeems joosteeffy zee gufernment, veethuoot beeeng soobferted by thuse-a vhu cuntrul it, fur zeeur oovn interests. Iff nut, zeen zeere-a is certeeenly a issooe-a tu be-a eddressed: Et vhet pueent du zee depredeshuns ooff a pereseetic gufernment ixceed its beneffeets? Und cun ve-a feend a vey tu du veethuoot it?] Freood cunteenooes: "Zee recugneeshun ooff a cummooneety ooff interests sooch es zeese-a leeds tu zee groot ooff imushunel teees betveee zee members ooff a uneeted gruoop ooff peuple-a--cummoonel feeleengs vheech ere-a zee trooe-a suoorce-a ooff its strengt." [thees is ind ooff zee purshun ooff Freood's letter vheech I qooute-a here-a.] Oone-a ooff zee interesteeng theengs ebuoot thees stetement is thet it is zee defelupment ooff tuuls sooch es zee Internet vheech veell be-a ileemineting zee fery cuncept ooff "fureeegn" und "fureeegner." Zeey veell becume-a erteefficiel deestincshuns. Zeere-a is cleerly mooch precedent fur thees, frum zee cuoontry in vheech I leefe-a, Emereeca. Vhee furmed, it cunteeened peuple-a vhuse-a preemery luyelty ves tu zeeur _stete-a,_ nut tu zee Federel gufernment es a vhule-a. Ifee oooor ceefil ver, frum 1861 tu 1865, ves besed oon luyelty tu stetes oor regeeuns, rezeer thun zee cuoontry es a vhule-a. Tu ceete-a joost oone-a ixemple-a, myselff, vheele-a I reseede-a in zee stete-a celled Vesheengtun, I'fe-a leefed in a noomber ooff oozeer stetes, boot I dun't cunseeder myselff luyel tu uny perteecooler stete-a. Bork Bork Bork! (Perheps useeng myselff es un ixemple-a is meesleeding, becoose-a et thees pueent I dun't cunseeder myselff "luyel" tu uny gufernment et ell!) In fect, leter in Freood's letter, he-a seys, "Unytheeng thet incuooreges zee groot ooff imushunel teees betveee mee moost ooperete-a egeeenst ver." Sedly, Freood deed nut leefe-a tu see-a zee defelupment ooff zee Internet, und zee messeefe-a interneshunel cummooneeceshun vheech it hes elreedy begoon tu fuster. In _hees_ dey, zee oordeenery peuple-a ooff oone-a cuoontry und unuzeer rerely cummooneeceted, ixcept perheps fur letters veet releteefes frum "zee oold cuoontry" thet imeegreted. Zee idea ooff gueeng tu ver veet peuple-a frum vhum yuoo get imeeel oon a deeely besees is, in itselff, a "fureeegn cuncept" tu me-a, und I hupe-a it veell remeeen su! In thet sense-a, Freood ves fery reeght: "Essesseeneshun Puleetics" ecteefe-a oor nut, it veell be-a mooch herder fur gufernments tu vheep up zeeur ceetizens intu a frenzy tu keell zee inemy iff zeey cun type-a tu zeem ifery dey. Bork Bork Bork! Froostreteengly lefft ununsvered is a qooesshun vhuse-a unsver I'd leeke-a tu knoo: Cuoold I hefe-a cunfeenced Freood, oor Ieenstein, thet "Essesseeneshun Puleetics" is nut oonly a necessery oor ifee un unefueedeble-a system, boot elsu a GOOD oone-a? Cuoold I cunfeence-a zeem tudey, hed zeey murecooluoosly soorfeefed unteel tudey, evere-a ooff zee lest 64 yeers ooff heestury soobseqooent tu zeeur currespundence-a? Jeem Bell jeembell(a)peceeffier.cum

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Re: The Joy of Java
by Hal 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Unfortunately in order to run Java applications it is necessary to have the Java interpreter for your host. You may also have to set up various scripts or filetype assignments so that java files can be easily and automatically run by that interpreter. Right now the Java interpreter is not (AFAIK) available separately, but only as part of the Java Development Kit (which is free, but is a big package). So generally the infrastructure is not really there for Java applications to be easily downloaded and run by end users. The attraction with applets is that if you have a recent version of Netscape and a 32 bit OS you are already set up to run them (whether you like it or not, for probably the majority of end users). Also those security and safety features which exist for applets (buggy as they may be at this time) don't exist at all for applications. Java applications can delete or modify files, make arbitrary net connections, etc. So certainly more care must be taken in choosing to download and run a Java application than an applet, comparable to what is necessary when you download and run a new PC application program. Signed binaries are probably again the way to go here. Hal

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