On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, Greg Newby wrote:
Do people on this list really believe that the solution to problems is to kill people?
No, only a very small faction of crypto-anarchists (better known as the terminaly self-indulged). The vast majority of people on this list (and elsewhere) for that matter understand the concept of self-defence and recognize its distinction from "I have a right to kill a person" bullshit.
Or are we just getting sarcastic and frustrated?
No, Tim and a handful of others have been spouting this crap since day one. Check the archives.
(Yes, I know Tim May believes people should be killed, but he's just a fuckhead bag of hot air.)
A well armed fuckhead bag of hot air you mean...
Seems to me that anarchy where people solve their problems by killing people isn't much of a solution to anything. Relying on strong crypto to maintain anonymity so that nobody finds and kills YOU, but you can work to kill public figures, is placing your life in the hands of your crypto.
Empower yourself by killing others, or by working to kill them? That sounds pretty lame.
Nothing wrong with your deductive powers. This observation with respect to anarchy is why the vast majority (99.999% perhaps?) of people have enough of a clue to pass it by. It's worth mentioning that the only 'working' anarchy (Iceland) had to legalize murder in order to build a system that didn't break down into a Hatfields-McCoy type scenario. It's also worth mentioning that after several attempts at exporting it to other Scandanavian countries it died an ingnoble death. ____________________________________________________________________ He is able who thinks he is able. Buddha The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------