Evil whined:

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Ditto, and it can be used to mischaracterize the list and participants.

Well put. Whenever a reporter needs to do a story about c'punks he'll look at the archive and see this huge thread of idiotic posts about bombs, and he'll say, "Yup, I thought so. Violent anti-government terrorist wannabes." At a rational level, that isn't true; c'punks aren't violent anti-government terrorist wannabes. But at a psychological or emotional level, that's what it would look like to an outsider. And it's boring.

Speak for yourself, dude. Weapons discussions have always been a part of cypherpunks since the beginning. Check the archives. You don't bombs and guns, start your own list.