At 5:02 pm -0400 on 9/13/97, Fred Hapgood wrote:
Health and security are the governing superstitions of our age.
Hmmmm... "My country 'tis of thee, land of gerontocracy"... :-).
What are you saying here? That we should be arguing that encryption should be permitted because it will allow people to avoid paying taxes? I'm afraid the set of people that would respond well to that argument is not was large as you would hope.
Amen. I, for one, say that the only hope is technological. If you make commerce and finance cheaper without book entries, then book entry taxation and regulation go away. Hope we don't get fooled again, and all that, but at least you don't have Archie* looking up your dress anymore... Cheers, Bob Hettinga *WWI pilot expression for anti-aircraft fire. Named for a music hall character with very shiny shoes. Hmmm^2. A cypherpunk neologism, anyone? I'll use it if you will... ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com), Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/