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Yet More Cypherpunks Fiction (Animal Farm/Handmaid's Tale)
by Hans Acker 13 Nov '01

13 Nov '01

>> Major Variola (ret)[SMTP:mv@cdc.gov] writes: >> Please tell me cdc.gov is *not* a open relay and that our resident microbiologist has 'doctored' his own machine. I don't think our nation can stand another CY53R-T3RR0R12T threat right now. ;-) >> The inet-one.com archives show a Sircam offering which is just too >> humorous to ignore, and which lne.com folks won't see: >> a file called "animal farm novel report.doc.com" >> (which is, of course, infected). >> >[...] > >Humor? I think it's sad. The sad thing, of course, is that 'Eleanor' does >not recognize that Animal Farm is a person-by-person, event-by-event, >allegorization of the Russian Revolution and ensuing events. Such is the >state of modern education. > >Those who will not remember the past.... > >Peter Trei > ".....As I have said elsewhere, there was little that was truly original with or indigenous to Gilead; its genius was synthesis....." The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood portrays a religious-fundamentalist group seizing power in the USA through progressive acts of terrorism. Re-reading it for the umpteenth time, I was surprised at the similarities between the book and recent events. Like 1984, the book took current and past trends, and 'carried them to their logical conclusions'. >From now on, whenever I think about 'Jezebel's' I'll remember the grand finale of Animal Farm. Thanks SirCam! (No cavities!!!) If you can't be kind about history, be vague. -- Quote from "The Handmaid's Tale", by 'anonymous': "I guess that's how they were able to do it, in the way they did, all at once, without anyone knowing beforehand. If there had still been portable money it would have been more difficult. It was after the catastrophe, when they shot the President and machine-gunned the Congress and the army declared a state of emergency. They blamed it on Islamic Fanatics, at the time. Keep calm, they said on television. Everything is under control. I was stunned. Everyone was, I know that. It was hard to believe. The entire government, gone like that. How did they get in, how did it happen? That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn't even an enemy you could put your finger on. Look out, Moira said to me, over the phone. Here it comes. Here what comes? I said. You wait, she said. They've been building up to this. It's you and me up against the wall, baby. She was quoting an expression of my mother's, but she wasn't intending to be funny. Things continued in a state of suspended animation for weeks, although things did happen. Newspapers were censored and some were closed down, for security reasons they said. The roadblocks began to appear, and Identipasses. Everyone approved of that, since it was obvious you couldn't be too careful. They said new elections would be held, but that it would take some time to prepare for them. The thing to do, they said, was to continue on as usual....." Excerpts from "Afghanistan and the United States: Two Early Twenty-First Century Monotheocracies, as Seen Through Diaries," by Prof. James Darcy Pieixoto, Director, Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Archives, Cambridge University, England: speaking June 25, 2195 [The Sons of Jacob Think Tanks] were organized shortly after the recognition of the superpower arms stalemate and the signing of the classified Spheres of Influence Accord, which left the superpowers free to deal, unhampered by interference, with the growing number of rebellions within their own empires. [..] It was [Judd] who suggested the use of an obscure "C.I.A." pamphlet on the destabilization of foreign governments as a strategic handbook for the Sons of Jacob, and he, too, who drew up the early hit-lists of prominent "Americans" of the time. He is also suspected of having orchestrated the President's Day Massacre, which must have required maximum infiltration of the security systems surrounding Congress, and without which the Constitution could never have been suspended. [..] "Its racist policies [..] were firmly rooted in the pre- Gilead period, and racist fears provided some of the emotional fuel that allowed the Gilead takeover to succeed as well as it did. [..] To institute an effective totalitarian system or indeed any system at all you must offer some benefits and freedoms, at least to a privileged few, in return for those you remove. [..] We now return you to your regular programming..... [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type application/M$-virus-propagation-platform entitled "I send you this file in order to have your device.txt.doc".]

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Re: InfoRequest
by InfoRequest＠wealth_topic.au 13 Nov '01

13 Nov '01

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13 Nov '01

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13 Nov '01

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Re: InfoRequest
by InfoRequest＠wealth_topic.au 13 Nov '01

13 Nov '01

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Re: InfoRequest
by InfoRequest＠wealth_topic.au 13 Nov '01

13 Nov '01

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Stimson Center demands gvt censorship of chemical-data websites
by Declan McCullagh 13 Nov '01

13 Nov '01

They're talking about private websites not operated by the government: http://www.politechbot.com/p-02788.html

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Fw: NYTimes.com Article: Gun Foes Use Terror Issue in a Push for Stricter Laws
by Marcel Popescu 13 Nov '01

13 Nov '01

> Gun Foes Use Terror Issue in a Push for Stricter Laws > > November 13, 2001 > > By FOX BUTTERFIELD > > > > > Gun-control organizations have seized on the Sept. 11 > terrorist attacks to argue that any crackdown on terrorism > should include tightening gun laws, particularly the so- > called loophole that allows many people to buy weapons at > gun shows without background checks. > > Although efforts to close the loophole have failed in > Congress, the gun- control groups are hoping to try again > by recasting the issue as one of homeland defense. They > point to several weapons-related arrests of noncitizens, > some with links to terrorist groups, as examples of the > urgency of changing the law. > > On Sept. 10, for example, a jury in Detroit convicted Ali > Boumelhem, a member of the terrorist group Hezbollah, on > charges of conspiring to smuggle guns and ammunition to > Lebanon. The F.B.I. had observed Mr. Boumelhem buying > weapons at gun shows in Michigan. > > Last year, a man accused of being a member of the Irish > Republican Army, Conor Claxton, testified in federal court > in Fort Lauderdale that he had gone to South Florida to buy > guns at gun shows to smuggle to Northern Ireland. > > And on Oct. 30, Muhammad Navid Asrar, a Pakistani, pleaded > guilty in Texas to immigration charges and to illegal > possession of ammunition. The authorities said that in the > last seven years, Mr. Asrar, an illegal immigrant, had > bought several weapons at gun shows, including a Sten > submachine gun, a Ruger Mini- 14 rifle, two pistols and a > hunting rifle. > > Mr. Asrar said he resold the weapons at gun shows, but a > federal grand jury is investigating whether he may be > linked to Al Qaeda terrorists, said Daniel Bueno, the > police chief of Alice, Tex., where Mr. Asrar owned a > convenience store and gasoline station that carried little > merchandise. Mr. Asrar has also aroused the authorities' > suspicion when he asked his employees to take pictures of > tall buildings and mail letters for him from Pennsylvania > back to Texas. > > Matthew Bennett, the director of public affairs for > Americans for Gun Safety, said his group had begun a > campaign to get out the message that because "terrorists > are getting guns at gun shows, it is time for Congress to > act on this issue." > > The campaign, Mr. Bennett said, will include advertising in > publications that members of Congress read, like Roll Call; > working with state gun-safety groups to get voters to call > their senators and representatives; and mailings of > material intended to persuade local politicians to push for > state laws closing the gun-show loophole. > > "Now that we know for certain that terrorists have bought > guns at gun shows," said John Cowan, president of Americans > for Gun Safety, "basic political sense will tell you > Congress needs to act in a bipartisan way to close that > dangerous loophole. This could signal a historic shift in > the gun debate." > > Michael Barnes, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent > Gun Violence, formerly known as Handgun Control, offered a > similar argument. > > "You would think," Mr. Barnes said, "the Congress would > have rushed to address this issue in the aftermath of Sept. > 11, with terrorists having such easy access to guns in the > United States." > > But James Baker, the chief lobbyist for the National Rifle > Association, called the gun-control groups' effort "a > fairly crass attempt to bootstrap their agenda on the > tragedy of Sept. 11." > > The terrorists, Mr. Baker said, commandeered the planes > they crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon > "with box cutters, and I don't see anyone talking about > closing down True Value hardware stores." > > The gun-show loophole exists because federal law, which > requires background checks for anyone buying a gun from a > federally licensed firearms dealer, even at a gun show, > does not require a check for someone who buys a gun from a > private seller at a gun show. Buyers can acquire guns in > those transactions without questions or the need to show > identification. > > Efforts to change the law have failed in Congress, partly > because of concerns by gun-rights advocates that background > checks delay transactions. They can take as long as three > days, and weekend gun shows last only two. Many supporters > of the right to own guns object to any restrictions on > ownership. > > Senator John McCain, who introduced a bill earlier this > year to close the loophole, said in a telephone interview > that after Congress returned from its Christmas recess, he > expected to push again for passage of his bill, perhaps as > part of some homeland defense legislation. > > "I believe the terrorists are exploiting a loophole in our > laws so they don't have to have a background check," > Senator McCain, an Arizona Republican, said. "It is hard to > understand why we don't change this, but the N.R.A. remains > extremely powerful." > > Mr. Baker, the rifle association lobbyist, said these cases > showed that "the system works," because the three men with > terrorist links who bought guns at gun shows were > eventually arrested, even if they were not detected by a > background check. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/13/national/13GUNS.html?ex=1006672454&ei=1&en =5d0b67526ff44150

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by up30.com 13 Nov '01

13 Nov '01

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Re: Cypherpunks Rating System
by mmotyka＠lsil.com 13 Nov '01

13 Nov '01

Eric Murray <ericm(a)lne.com> wrote : >On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 09:40:26AM +0100, Nomen Nescio wrote: >> Cypherpunk Rating System > >[..] > >Go for it-- set up your own CDR with the rating system implemented. > >http://einstein.ssz.com/cdr/ tells you how to set up a CDR >and if you have any questions you can ask me or Jim. > >The only way to make it happen is to actually implement it yourself. > >Eric > The Historical Guide Declan suggested would be far more interesting.

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