On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:

From: "Frank Sudia" <frank@sudialab.com> To: "Carl Ellison" <cme@acm.org> Cc: "Declan McCullagh" <declan@well.com> Subject: The Razor Blade Genie is Out of the Bottle

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The legislative power of the people (not me, the crypto guys are the megalo maniacs) could disable every existing copy of PGP.

With all due respect here, do you honestly believe this, or are you using this as a rhetorical device? Taken literally, this is an almost incomprehensible display of naivete... Outlawing is not equal to disabling. -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------