On Fri, 11 Feb 1994, Hadmut Danisch wrote:

Perry E. Metzger says:

So? If you find a paper with YOUR face, YOUR name and big letters KILL THIS MAN FOR BEING A JEW, would you think this is okay?

Would you give out PGP for mailing such calls encyphered?

Oh bullshit, dont try that argument. If that was they way the world operated we would be eating raw meat in a cave still. The tools are NOT evil and should be distributed. It's how you use them that can be bad.

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Do you not have to register your newspaper?

No, we don't. This is not true. Who told you this tale?

Is it "freedom of press" if someone tells american people that germans would have to register their newspapers?

No, it's inherent to freedom of press, meaning sometimes we get lied to apparantly this was one of those times, but it's not "freedom of press" persey.

Hadmut

Can we cut the politickin out or is this normal? I mean I know politics play a major role in cryptography, but throwinf explitives about Nazis isnt really conductive to good encrytian development. You're eqipped with a hundred billion nueron brain, that's wired and fired, and it's a reality generating device, but you've got too do it. Free youself ----Tim Leary----

Hadmut Danisch says:

Perry E. Metzger says:

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In the U.S., it is perfectly lawful for me to print a newspaper ANONYMOUSLY, and sell it on streetcorners. Indeed, I may print anything I wish anonymously, be it a book, a magazine, or a newspaper.

So? If you find a paper with YOUR face, YOUR name and big letters KILL THIS MAN FOR BEING A JEW, would you think this is okay?

You are asking if I think it is okay, which is different from asking if it should be legal. I don't think its "okay" to advocate, say, Naziism. However, I don't see that it should be ILLEGAL to advocate Naziism. If a newspaper published an article saying that jews should be killed, I would indeed say that this should be legal. I'm quite certain that I dislike it. Perry