"I know the NRA. I know people in the NRA. And the EFF is no NRA." Pat Farrell writes:
jim@bilbo.suite.com (Jim Miller) writes:
Hurray!!!
Yes, that is good news. And at the same time Digital Telophony looks like a lock to pass.
Bummer.
Fact: The National Rifle Association took a "we can't compromise on this" position, and actually allied itself with the Black Caucus to defeat the Crime Bill. Fact: The EFF has, on the other hand, "helped" to create the Wiretap Bill. In comp.sys.eff.talk, critics of the Wiretap Bill like us are being characterized as taking "a cute absolutist screaming hero stance." With friends like these, I'm afraid, it's no wonder we're being sold out and the EFF is doing the selling. I think Mitch has taken a few too many rides on Air Force One. No compromises! Cypherpunks have to get a lot more radical. A lot more. --Tim, who always thought Janet Reno earned herself death by lethal injection after ordering the Waco Massacre ("we had to destroy the children in order to save the children") -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^859433 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."