<In mail Julietta said:>
You know.. I wonder with all this bickerig if in fact we CAN agree on the fact that we all are opposed to invasions of our privacy via governemnt surveillance techniques.. Can we agree on that issue? It seems to me that I have heard a consensus on this at least...
You know, she is right. I have gotten about equal amounts of mail for and against the idea of a list and the idea for a "Guide to Cypherpunks" if you will. Each were fanatically stated with few exceptions. Each was unmovable on their opinions. It is with this that I make the following statement: I will not construct a list or attempt to construct a document to tell the world what this group is. I fully support the creation of such items but do not have the patience nor, due to a situation at work, the time to wade thru tons of mail and wade thru the flames I've gotten on just an initial query. If anyone else would like to adopt this project, please contact me so I can give you my information. I will not give out the names of those who have responded to me for privacy reasons. If you wish to do this, please ask again and I'm sure the ones who responded previously will do so again if your effort is a serious one. I do want to remind those who were afraid of having their names on a list that there is a 90% chance that someone in the NSA, FBI, etc has done a whois to majordomo and already has your email name which is all that I'd suggested in the first place. I will continue to do my part to try to influence the running of this country. I am not kicking back with a beer and cigar and saying that we can do nothing and I hope it all works out. We must run our own country or our country will run us. Good luck to all and no ill will. (This list is too emotional sometimes due to the topics covered. They are beliefs and not opinions and a belief can not be changed by another person like an opinion can.) Anyway, take care Jim <No, don't jump for joy... I'm still going to be on the list! :> -- Tantalus Inc. Jim Sewell Amateur Radio: KD4CKQ P.O. Box 2310 Programmer Internet: jims@mpgn.com Key West, FL 33045 C-Unix-PC Compu$erve: 71061,1027 (305)293-8100 PGP via email on request. 1K-bit Fingerprint: 8E 14 68 90 37 87 EF B3 C4 CF CD 9A 3E F9 4A 73