Someone who wishes to remain anonymous wrote:
There has been hostility expressed on this list towards Limbaugh, 700 Club, UWSA, NRA, etc., and the 10's of millions of politically active supporters who could be allies in the anti-Clipper fight.
In the interest of focusing attention on the big picture, I offer the following eloquent letter:
Mr. [Recipient]:
I'm writing to express my agreement with you concerning the dangerous, and in fact, tyrannous nature of the Clipper chip. However, I find your reasoning
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I offer this in the spirit of cooperation, since I believe that if we hope to win the war, we should at least know who we are fighting!
Sincerely,
Robert J. Bork
Is this a real letter? If so, where did it appear? (I don't doubt the possibility of Almost-Supremee Judge Bork having written this, but the absence of "when and where" undermines its credibility a bit, for me at least.) I agree with the sentiments, and, in fact, Cypherpunks at the Mountain View meetings cover a range of political views and yet we mostly are in full agreement that crypto should be unregulated. --Tim May -- .......................................................................... 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."