If Perry is REALLY sincere about objecting to the NON-crypto part of AsPol, he should demonstrate this by writing notes which are focussing on the crypto aspects, rather than just complaining.

What's the proper procedure for complaining about the assasination part of "AsPol"? In general, it doesn't bother me when the list goes "off topic" -- I don't read the stuff that doesn't interest me. But when you start talking about violence, you have to expect that people are going to react negatively. We have to say, "that's nuts" -- otherwise people will think that we're unbalanced sociopaths. How much weight is Lotus going to give the opinions of a bunch of unbalanced sociopaths when they're thinking about making deal to gak those extra 24 bits? Not much, I'll bet. And what would happen if a murderous thug held a press conference after cracking an exportable key? Those myopic journalists, rotten sons of bitches that they are, probably wouldn't talk about the crypto at all. "Why aren't you in jail?" -- that's the sort of thing you'd have to expect. You could complain, but it wouldn't do any good. "Listen. I'm a working cryptographer, and I have a family to support. In order to take care of my kids, I have to get a job, and in order to get a job I have to make my reputation. How can I make my reputation if I can't publicize my demonstration? Everyone else is getting rich -- David Sternlight and Dorothy Denning both have new condos, and Freeh just got back from a luxury vacation at Disney World. I don't want to get rich, I just want to make a living. So can we forget about the people I assasinated and talk about the problems with these 40 bit keys?" Deaf ears, that's what your words would fall on. It would be like OJ and his video all over again. I apologize in advance for not getting the joke if "AsPol", like Blacknet, is tongue in cheek. I haven't been following the topic closely. I hope you're not serious.