At 01:09 PM 8/21/97 -0700, you wrote:
Or do you mean like the characterization of list members as "socio-economic cult" members?
Unfortunately, expressing one's views in public creates the possibility for one's own words to be misinterpreted by others, whether intentionally or by a simple misunderstanding. FYI, my reference to "socio-economic cults", originally in the Subject: line of my post, was not meant as a characterization of the members of the Cypherpunks list. I was using the phrase to refer to any of a number of -isms regarding the redistribution of property against the consent of the creators/owners of the property. For that reason (among others) I included the quote from Bastiat, but perhaps I did not make the point clear enough. Sorry for the confusion. -geoff