On or About 13 May 97 at 9:19, Tim May wrote:
As ur-cyberpunk Burroughs noted, we must beware "the policeman inside."
Authorities _want_ people to "police themselves," to think twice before speaking freely, to limit the topic of their conversations, and to generally fear the knock on the door late at night (or, in fin de siecle Amerika, the suddent appearance of black-clad ninja in one's bedroom at 4 a.m., shooting anything that moves).
Hey, that shit scares me, too. BUT:
Bomb-making information is protected by the First Amendment. Period.
Correct. It's using that technology that's the crime, in most cases.
So is crypto information. So is saying Congressmen are vermin who need to be taken out and shot.
I think you can say "taken out and Spanked Naked In The Streets" I don't think you can advocate shooting them... Correct me if I'm wrong.
Get this straight, people!
The First Amendment *IS* still in force.
(Now whether such opinions are to one's taste, or whether the Cypherpunks list is a reasonable forum for posting bomb-making plans...well, that's a completely different issue, one of taste and appropriateness,
First Amendment issues are *on topic*.
than the calls by Declan and Ray that such messages are dangerous and could invite retaliation by the Authorities. If that's indeed the case, then by all means we should be posting bomb-making instructions and calls for treason trials with street justice.)
Hey, *They* read this list anyways. Fuck *Them* Hard.
Beware the policeman inside.
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