I haven't seen anyone advocating the "watering down" of any so-called "teachings" to "hide" any "true potential". The only thing that people have mentioned is that some of the less clueful out there have a knee jerk response to the name "cypherpunk". That's all.
At least early on, back when we were getting our 15 kilobytes of fame on the front covers of WiReD and the NYT magazine section, the name appeared to be useful for getting attention; Tim and Eric were getting occasional quotes in the mundane press, as was John Gilmore who has had longer-term relationships with some of the press through his other activities. Maybe the NYT isn't the paragon of respectability that it once was..... #--- # Bill Stewart, Freelance Information Architect, stewarts@ix.netcom.com # Phone +1-510-247-0664 Pager/Voicemail 1-408-787-1281 #---