Grendel Grettisson <mimir@u.washington.edu> writes:
On Tue, 9 Nov 1993, Clark Reynard wrote:
I think it would be very important if we could attempt to sway the Christian right into this; it is certain we probably don't agree on many issues, and the "700 Club" anti-Clipper piece was very effective, good video.
For those that watch the 700 Club. Personally, I'm opposed to anything that gives the Christian Right more power or puts them in the public eye more given their past track record.
You mean "their past track record that I don't agree with." Sure, many excesses have been committed in the name of the "Christian Right" (whatever that is ... I'm supposedly a part of it and I've never seen a coherent definition of what it is). But the "Agnostic Left" has probably committed a few excesses in its day, too. Frankly, a coalition with people from a wide variety of political backgrounds can only help to make the anti-Clipper cause seem more respectible. Otherwise, the anti-Clipper folks might end up sounding like just another liberal protest group, and be treated just like any other lobbying group.
If you don't believe me, watch it. They almost seem to agree with us entirely on the issue of cryptography. Perhaps it's time for a _new_ group; the cyphermonks. I nominate St. John the Divine as a patron saint.
I thought the Christian Right didn't like Catholics or Saints either. It is a Protestant movement.
Not really. From my experience, the "Christian Right" is composed of conservative Christians -- both Protestant and Catholic. It's only in certain parts of the country where conservative Protestants and Catholics are unfriendly ... --Jim Huggins