-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- [I've wanted, and tried (honest!) to stay out of this emerging flamewar, but David Sternlight <david@sternlight.com> wrote: <...>

It doesn't "leak overseas" as if there were some regrettable lapse in the plumbing. Someone has to commit a felony violation of Federal law.

Also known as "civil disobedience," a dangerous concept which is probably being taught today in civics classes in highschools across the nation. [HORRORS!] On a more serious note, I think that the requirements on the Netscape download page might actually be a "Good Thing," since they expose the public, in an election year, to the info-lust of the GAK crowd in a way that cypherpunks alone never could. I, too, wish that "my life as an arms trafficker," or the CJR book/t-shirt requests, or some of the wilder stuff like Vince's export-a-cryptosystem-to-Anguilla page were linked to Netscape's page discussing ITAR requirements, but I fully understand that Netscape is a business and that they must deal, on a continuing basis, with the government. The government officials whose jobs depend on stupid regs. can be rather humor-impaired. JMR Regards, Jim Ray -- DNRC Minister of Encryption Advocacy "It is long past time to end the laughable presumption that voters who can easily cope with the choices offered at Burger King are somehow 'confused' by more than two choices at the voting booth." -- me Defeat the Duopoly! Vote "NOTA," not Slick/Dull in November. Harry Browne for President. Jo Jorgensen for Vice-president. http://www.HarryBrowne96.org/ ___________________________________________________________________ PGP id.E9BD6D35 51 5D A2 C3 92 2C 56 BE 53 2D 9C A1 B3 50 C9 C8 <mailto:liberty@gate.net> http://www.shopmiami.com/prs/jimray Coming soon, the "Pennies For Perot" page. Keep billionaires off welfare! ___________________________________________________________________ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Freedom isn't Freeh. iQCVAwUBMe5TwW1lp8bpvW01AQFbpgP/aic2ShJ5N09eVJLxZAUfkP1FsNlNRdFY MNgLvE8+0PnlLoXA2Js5HVo7Zad7URYrtwrSG2C7MwPcs6zwXgxLT6pf+oCg05/m fqaGbc/bWFLTyJDV/+BNEZCWRXPr19FvHv+0NNEVYbQ81IuQsLIgBf/E3g2KXD6X Ma44rCMPTFU= =JR+d -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----