~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-punks, On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Toto wrote:
In short, I believe that if the issue of free speech is not one of the central issues on the CypherPunks list, then the list is merely one more heartless, unfeeling extension of the Great Machine which is grinding inexorably forward toward the day when we will all have its numbers tattoo'd on our forearms.
While free speech is an undeniably important topic, It is just one of many that could be discussed on this list. A concern for protecting privacy was the raison d'etre for the creation of the Cypherpunks list. And technological self-help was always the modus operandi of choice. Obviously, speech and privacy issues are related, but they are not synonymous. Again, I am not saying Cypherpunks do not care about free speech issues. There focus, though, is on achieving privacy through technological means. Works for me. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~