-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Summary: Unicorn thoughtfully underscores the need for the defense afforded by strong cryptography and other means. He writes:
The federal government rules by the sword, but proports to due so under the Constitution.
Thank you. It's good for a freedom-loving person to be reminded of the nature of the threat. The appeal of strong cryptography is that it may help to defend against those who embrace this deceitful attitude.
The continued acceptance of the process, the participation in elections, the oath that high officials take, the amendment process, the continued existence of the three branches of government, all lend themselves to the assumption that if not accepted, the Constitution is at least tolerated by the populous and the rulers.
It is for _exactly this reason_ that the freedom-loving person forbears from willful participation.
The United States does not claim its authority to be rooted in divine grant, nor in pure power over the people, nor in a quest for utopia, but in consent of the people.
...which is fine for a person who consents. The problem comes when he assumes that the authority extends to his neighbor who does not consent.
John E. Kreznar | Relations among people to be by jkreznar@ininx.com | mutual consent, or not at all. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
A Victorian after my own heart. I think we disagree, if we differ at all, in the application of this theory to grants of authority.
Again, this is no doubt wonderful for a person who grants his authority. The trouble begins when he presumes that his neighbor, too, has granted his authority. John E. Kreznar | Relations among people to be by jkreznar@ininx.com | mutual consent, or not at all. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.3a iQCVAgUBLcIK9sDhz44ugybJAQFdAQP/SIox/IF4WjOGCjppJngkNF1Y/kJ+g1cQ 0YxXQYQjFLkeRPHszXX6OtBjWpoFER2CZha107sVBo791YxekBU0KE16ItcUZ548 86IZMj/JKSrANbjtHXC6qZ0YKOFLiLA/ZdpDRHOTsKN1OSCApVumtFHmNTKue/TF +bu6kFbeBX4= =42fR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----