-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Peter Trei <trei@process.com> wrote:
Terms like 'cypherpunk' and 'cryptoanarchy' tend to pigeonhole us as nutcases for many people, and are a barrier to getting our ideas across. I'm not saying this pigeonholing is correct - in fact I despise people who judge a book by it's cover, but so many people DO make such snap judgements that we need to take this into account when talking to the general public.
Two of the responses to the "An opportunity..." post unapologetically admitted that they refused to read the text of the message due to the presence of the word "cypherpunk" in the first sentence. Shows you what we're up against. BTW, I'm not for changing the name of the list, but I do see the logic in a more establishment-friendly name to use when lobbying the public. David C. Lambert dcl@panix.com (finger for PGP public key) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMFneAqpplsfgM88VAQE+5wP9GZrIoComyFDeQ6brTLJwZ2oamry3IfC7 XhlqMlAZnC2b1w521nm085nZKtO9/Ru9Fw3BllPinG8nGcBggr9zkH4Ba+Zbezh0 FKK29d7wFGQz1d5JfyYCZhl4dTBdbpnU4jd5Rb27XtvP9livAeR/HIwNAJMccSCX qO/kxlVRRZg= =1Lxr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----