My original statement is a bit off. I think the past weekend in Dallas is still with in spirit.... I don't think Jim nor Perry openly advocated the strike so let me chop that statement. And as for myself, I was hoping to see something a bit more active in regards to a protest and I was hoping that the call to strike would be a start. The call appears to have been slightly still born if not horribly premature. There were several ideas floating around: a) detach from the net and from work b) create a signed letter of disapproval published to appropriate orgs c) _short_ loosely organized burst of DoS against select online targets from widely distributed sources. All valid forms of protests (when properly organized and executed) all with varying forms of impact and visibility. For the record, I think option c) could be a valid and effective form of active protest. It is a form which has not been used in support of the cpunks' agenda (or many agenda's for that matter) to date and one that merits a review. On to the next online skirmish... regards, C.G. -- DISCLAIMER: The above views are mine and not of my employer or coworkers. I do not speak as a representative of their views. Only of my own.

-----Original Message----- From: Tim May [mailto:tcmay@got.net] Sent: Monday, December 14, 1998 12:39 PM To: Gomes, Carlos; James Glave Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com; cryptography@c2.net; dcsb@ai.mit.edu Subject: RE: Anyone Striking?

At 9:29 AM -0800 12/14/98, Gomes, Carlos wrote:

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Even http://www.openpgp.net is still up and operational. I agree with Perry M. and Jim C. that the concept was good but the timetable was unfortunately unrealistic. I've not run across any strike pages.

A foolish idea, that little "strike." Something out of the lefty sixties. Grape boycotts and all that nonsense.

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