-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- in response to Bubba Rom Dos <bubba@dev.null>: unfortunately, the US DOJ indulges in "selective prosecution" when confronted by mass disobedience. there is nothing in the code which requires them to prosecute a 'class' of 'lawbreakers'. What they want is a few high profile targets who will be reported by their captive pet, the 'press' to set an example. the last figures I saw on the feds body count was still over 90% of those who go to trial. in most US districts, the mere fact the 'guilty scumbag' was charged by the feds indicates to most jurors (federal jurors have a tendency to be older, whiter, wealthier, etc.) that the man in the dock is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt (whose?). secondly, particularly in the federal courts, you have a man sitting 36in above you, in a black robe, with an IQ of 50, who answers to: "your honor" --and you better believe with all your heart and soul that the ignorant fool is Judge Roy Bean, the Law West of the Pecos, himself --or worse. for instance, do you think the feds would ever have a Chicago Seven trial again? what do you think the outcome would have been if they took 'em down, one at a time, in different courtrooms? think Tom Hayden would be a CA legislator today, representing the Peoples Republic of Santa Monica? dont get me wrong --if nothing else, the evidence of the absurdity of the feds actions trying to regulate an amorphous global network can always be introduced. maybe enough repetition will get the message across. and, the actions in Washington are fast approaching the necessity for the Jeffersonian call to arms: "God forbid we should ever be twenty years without a rebellion." --Thomas Jefferson, (1743-1826) I'm sure you would hav Jefferson, Franklin, Paine, etc out on the front line if they were here today (if they did not die from digust from what the Fed has become, but the trick is to make sure you are not a minority of one: "Revolutions, we must remember, are always made by minorities." --Prince Peter Kropotkin (1842-1941) unfortunately, it will take the foolishness in the face of fire as so graphically sketched in 'les miserab' to move Washington off their sacrosanct fat asses. -- I'll get a life when it is proven and substantiated to be better than what I am currently experiencing. --attila When I die, please cast my ashes upon Bill Gates. For once, let him clean up after me! ______________________________________________________________________ "attila" 1024/C20B6905/23 D0 FA 7F 6A 8F 60 66 BC AF AE 56 98 C0 D7 B0 on or about 970911:0953 Bubba Rom Dos <bubba@dev.null> expostulated: + Also, if need be, a system could be set up in Canada which +automatically +forwards received email to the U.K. and a chain-mail type of campaign +could begun, exhorting people to send a copy of strong encryption to +the Canadian email address, without referrring to any further +destination. + This is just a possible example, the goal being to make any possible +prosecution as convoluted and difficult as possible, just as the Govt +passes unconstitutional laws that serve their purpose for the ten years +it takes to get them struck down by the Supremes, and then they pass a +similar one to accomplish the same unconstitutional ends. +2. The same type of system could be set up, but programmed to only +forward crypto products illegally once a certain number of citizens had +forwarded a small amount of hash-cash (CPU generated funds) to the +originating computer/program. + Several thousand people openly colluding in even a single act such as +this could be effectively used to provide a challenge to the fascist +censors. If not successful, then the amount and destinations of the +exported crypto could be increased to the point of making the export +restrictions a total joke. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: latin1 Comment: No safety this side of the grave. Never was; never will be iQCVAwUBNBhClb04kQrCC2kFAQH+JwP/ZnrJZHXZIiR+ddt/XH2tOfb33/uOYQ+Z CSNlUd2tS8ujgVqzfcywKhKPU6f4gFQzwXX76S7Ahf6mWagVzLoxqfTuCrzHdCFb 8PkLct5uXHcmUH4LGDVwTYr7R/or7ZozPEW9ERFJK1N6fPwhukFSl83WYtCR8kKl yhhx97VTuGk= =zvaj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----