Sgt Darren Harlow writes:

Wayne, I am sorry that my being on this list is offensive to you. I joined this list to learn about cryptography. If anything, I would think that you would want to help a new person get up to speed. If you can't grow up and treat other people like human beings, maybe you ought to take yourself off of the list and go play with your private key by yourself.

My job is important to me. Learning about cryptography is going to help me protect my systems and my messages. I have no desire to eavesdrop on what you or anyone else is doing on this list. I merely want to learn, and possibly contribute to the threads on the list. I have received several responses from people on the list and really appreciate that. I hope this helps to clarify my position on this list.

I don't see any reason why sgt. harlow shouldn't be as welcome as anyone else on the list. there are a large number of people in the military, and any generalization drawn about them is likely to be false (of course all generalizations are false, but that is another matter). for those who enjoy paranoia, I would point out that sgt. harlow is not the only person on this list with past or present military associations. josh