"Perhaps the most defining feature of the CypherPunks was that they strove to 'walk their talk', as the saying was in those days. While they decried the increasing infringement of central authority on the freedom and privacy of the individual, which was near its zenith at that point in time, they chose to fight for the right to be self-willed, rather than to impose their will and beliefs on others. "Instead of concentrating their efforts on forcing the authorities to acting rightly, in the interests of freedom and privacy, they focused on routing around the impositions and infringements that the governments and dark forces of that era enacted to try to contain them. "John Gilmore, one of the CypherPunks founders, often said, 'The InterNet interprets censorship as damage, and routes around it.' Very Taoist." Bubba concluded. Jonathan spoke softly, quoting a section of the Tao Te Ching which had been a particular favorite of his grandfathers, "A man of Virtue performs his part, "But a man without Virtue requires others to fulfill their obligations. "The Tao of heaven is impartial. "It stays with good men all the time." http://bureau42.base.org/public/xenix