Excerpts from cypherpunks: 13-Sep-95 CYPHERPUNK considered harmful. by "Peter Trei"@process.com
We call ourselves 'cypherpunks'. While this is derived from the SF term 'cyberpunk', consider the image we are creating for ourselves:
A 'punk' is a marginalized young adult, one who rejects the norms of his or her society, and takes delight in irking those around him with his or her rejection. The older of us will think of James Dean in 'Rebel Without a Cause', or Brando in 'The Wild One'. Later, you get images such as Peter Fonda in 'Easy Rider', and more recently, Sid Vicious and other icons of the 'punk rock' movement.
Never EVER judge a book by its cover. People that do usually end up being Joe Sixpacks. And by being a Joe Sixpack you don't have that much power in today's society. Martin S