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Return-Path: <digital_matrix@hotmail.com> Received: from hotmail.com (F4.hotmail.com [207.82.250.15]) by users.invweb.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id RAA18318 for <whgiii@invweb.net>; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 17:41:47 -0400 Received: (qmail 10896 invoked by uid 0); 19 Sep 1997 21:41:28 -0000 Message-ID: <19970919214128.10895.qmail@hotmail.com> Received: from 207.51.67.2 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 14:41:28 PDT X-Originating-IP: [207.51.67.2] From: "David Downey" <digital_matrix@hotmail.com> To: whgiii@invweb.net Subject: Re: sooner or later Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 16:41:28 -0500 X-Old_TimeStamp: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 14:41:28 -700 Status:
Oh I wouldn't be feeling to optimistic with that. We in the crypto/anarchist community are a very small minority. Our govenrmnet would have no qualms at all of taking us out. A nice little Reichstag Fire to turn popular opinion against us and then the storm troopers will be sent out. If you are expecting some type of popular support >of "us" against "them" I think you are sorely mistaken. The majority >of the sheeple would be all to happy to turn in those evil >cryptologist for their 5min of fame.
I wouldn't say that we are that small of a minority. There are many folks out there that feel the same way that we do. I know of a large community in Kentucky, USA that feel that the government is slowly trying to institute a police state. (And no, I do not mean a militia, though many of them are friends that I had the honor of serving with in the US Army.) The viewpoint that I am trying to get accross comes from looking at history. Although many groups that went against governments were in fact wiped out, they left an indeligible mark on the minds and attitudes of future generations. Some even to the point of creating another generation of "freedom fighters" that actually forced the government to radically re-evaluate it's stance on certain items. (There are too many incidences of this to mention, though the slave movement in Rome, and the Spartan soldier revolt do come to mind.) What is to say that with the physical fire-power of today, and good old fashion American grit such as was shown at Iwa Jima by the US Marine Corp, we could not show the Government that we could not change their minds? I personally would hate for things to come down to that level, yet it seems that they are forcing us more and more towards that path. (Please don't misread my statements. I do not advocate the overthrow of the government. I merely am commenting on the fact that the factors which contributed to the American Civil War becoming a reality are once again present today. If another war should break out today... let's just say that is one nightmare I'd prefer *not* to have! ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - ----------------------------------------------------- -- End of forwarded message - ----------------------------------------------------- - -- - --------------------------------------------------------------- William H. Geiger III http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii Geiger Consulting Cooking With Warp 4.0 Author of E-Secure - PGP Front End for MR/2 Ice PGP & MR/2 the only way for secure e-mail. OS/2 PGP 2.6.3a at: http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii/pgpmr2.html - --------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: cp850 Comment: Registered_User_E-Secure_v1.1b1_ES000000 iQCVAwUBNCL+TI9Co1n+aLhhAQEeFgP/aqjyGITziDJBIke1hAfHFBea4Dxv11Av 7J4fkFZYF3In7j/NI00pDmX8Kb0xOiZXJkiA/JWhGr6pPFyJcFvEtMSoJKUy5W+l TEcTikn9y2qwkDl1dAULf2vP9etd825TC2wQkYJsPV/1baN1eRjzmedBoGvz7X/q qKxAZKKwSBI= =FglG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----