<cryptography@wasabisystems.com>, "'cypherpunks@lne.com '" <cypherpunks@lne.com> Subject: Re: Ross's TCPA paper
Here's a clue, Mr. Bear. The cypherpunks list was founded on the principle that cyberspace can enhance freedom, and that includes freedom to associate with whomever you choose. Racism is evil, but the solution must lie in people's hearts. Pointing a gun at them and forcing them to act in a politically correct manner (which is what civil rights regulations really do) is no solution to the problem.
Bear left the Cypherpunks list a long while ago, citing fundamental disagreements. "Cryptography" was formed as a putatively apolitical list. Apparently this is no longer so, and its politics are at odds with the main themes on our list. (I believe this partly comes about precisely _because_ it supposedly has no political compass heading.) I have strong views on all this DRM and TCPA stuff, and especially on the claim that some form of DRM is needed to prevent government from taking over control of the "arts." But we said everything that needed to be said _years_ ago. No point in repeating the same points. --Tim May "Dogs can't conceive of a group of cats without an alpha cat." --David Honig, on the Cypherpunks list, 2001-11
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