At 10:21 PM 2/10/94 -0800, John E. Kreznar wrote:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is working to protect your privacy. To help stop Clipper and eliminate export controls on cryptography, support a bill introduced in the House of Representatives, HR 3627. To support the bill, send email to <cantwell@eff.org>.
I wish I knew how to help you wake up and smell the contradiction here. In one breath you acknowledge that government is an enemy of privacy, and in the next you encourage acting to endorse and empower that very government by petitioning it.
Secede now! Then your works need not be exported from US because they wouldn't be there to begin with!
Part of waking up and smelling the coffee is realizing that there IS a government out there which makes and enforces laws which have an impact on all of us. Now I happen to believe that, on balance, it's a good thing to have a government that is at least marginally representative. But even if I didn't believe that, I would believe that we should be working to change laws that screw up our lives. ************************************************************************** Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. - John Perry Barlow, EFF co-founder The Electronic Frontier Foundation is working to protect your privacy. To help stop Clipper and eliminate export controls on cryptography, support a bill introduced in the House of Representatives, HR 3627. To support the bill, send email to <cantwell@eff.org>. ...................................................................... Daniel J. Weitzner, Senior Staff Counsel <djw@eff.org> Electronic Frontier Foundation 202-347-5400 (v) 1001 G St, NW Suite 950 East 202-393-5509 (f) Washington, DC 20001 *** Join EFF!!! Send mail to membership@eff.org for information ***