-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- No disrespect intended, but I think that the various "let's sanitize the Cypherpunk message for mass acceptance" marketing/soundbite proposals are pointless. Cypherpunks is a mailing list, not a political party (or a platform). - From my perspective, the organizing meme for the list is not "strong crypto is really important, so let's write some and lobby our lawmakers to make sure it stays legal" but "strong crypto is here and is changing the dynamics of force, politics, and power, so let's see what we can do with it." (And no, I don't think it's important to spread that "meme" (a term I use with some trepidation) around to get "market share" for it. Ideas are not football teams nor initiative proposals.) I appreciate and support and have participated in various write-yer- legislator activities. They're useful short-term. But if Tim May and Duncan Frissell and the other list members who've dared to make predictions about the impact of crypto on government and economics are correct, what the government and the legislators want doesn't matter. If they're wrong, what we want doesn't matter. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMFsujH3YhjZY3fMNAQHfogP9HMEe6/N7B0q4cov8knythwuqha4yFmsR Yfxtp8/ukXhfJlJQ5Mb40AYWcNwWGXmzd8J2KzrYBntKN60SZnd/StRQfHs6rtre hLHZGss4bR1c9w0+Jsr3TKD5UQe2up2cEuY9u6qN6QyVK9h9QtfSHpJqb3bAZlla fA3GMtB2qlc= =Phdj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----