At 10:54 AM 5/19/96 -0700, anonymous-remailer@shell.portal.com wrote:

Cypherpunks is not a political newsgroup.

Nor was "excommunication" a political posting: There was no indication in the posting as to whether the Burmese regime was left or right or fascist or whatever. What the "Excommunication" post was about was the fact that good communications undermine the state, and repressive states fear them for that reason. This is exactly the sort of post that should be on cypherpunks. --------------------------------------------------------------------- | We have the right to defend ourselves | http://www.jim.com/jamesd/ and our property, because of the kind | of animals that we are. True law | James A. Donald derives from this right, not from the | arbitrary power of the state. | jamesd@echeque.com