Simon Spero says: "paranoid rants have their place; however, if they keep bursting into cypherpunks without knocking first, there could be an accident. Lithium.... it's not just for watch batteries anymore." Seems to apply here, no? ---------- From: initialization[SMTP:initialization@nemesis.meaning.com] Sent: Sunday, July 21, 1996 6:23 PM To: cypherpunks@toad.com Subject: Re: INFO: Submit your testimony to Congress for hearings on July 25! vtw@vtw.org writes:
UPCOMING HEARING INFORMATION http://www.crypto.com/events/ after that. ... etc etc etc etc
This is an amazing time for Big Brother, who, in the person of VTW, is gathering the names and addresses of all who oppose it, one by one, under the Rube of "testimony" and "democracy"? What do you think will happen next? You think Big Brother is going to hear what you say and say "oh my god they are right!" and then turn around and mend its ways? NO! You will be marked as a trouble maker in your file, and rounded up or worse, when the time comes! They have duped many into participating, and others, prominent ones like Blaze, Diffie, Schneier, Zimmermann, have been blackmailed into working for them. Turn your back on this sham "democracy". Fuck their "hearings". And demand truth from "VTW". VTW=NSA+FBI front.