December 2021 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

The Bank of London
by Gunnar Larson 09 Dec '21

09 Dec '21

How queer is the Bank of London? Have you heard of this? Gunnar

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3D-Printed Suicide Booths
by grarpamp 09 Dec '21

09 Dec '21

Switzerland Legalizes 3D-Printed Suicide Booths By:Blueapples Perhaps the only thing mankind has contemplated more than life itself is death. For as much as the social constructs of religion, law, and governance have encapsulated our attitudes about death, the superiority of natural law is impossible to curtail. Underlying philosophical positions skew a nation, people, or culture's outlook on the matter to the point that permeates into governance. Few better facets of dying convey this than suicide. In some nations suicide is viewed as an acceptable, if not honorable, way to die. Yet in most of the western world it is perceived as the gravest of sins. Balancing those interests through the rule of law is a delicate task which juxtaposes the state's interest in preserving life along with its respect for the autonomy of its citizens. The complexity of this moral argument is made particularly evident when examining the legality of assisted suicide. As governments of developed nations across the world have begun to confront this macabre issue, Switzerland's latest action on the matter illustrates the startling reality of the matter. The country's medical review board has authorized the use of a 3D-printed suicide pod as a method of legal assisted suicide. The Sarco Suicide Pod is a portable assisted suicide device made possible by 3D-printing. The device was invented by Philip Nitschke. With a surname bearing similarity to Friedrich Nietzsche, it should be no surprise that Nitschke has a strong philosophical position on the issue of assisted suicide. From the humanist position on dying with dignity to espousing the importance of personal autonomy in matters of life and death, he has advocated for the safe practice of assisted suicide through his public interest group Exit International. Nitschke is credited with performing the first doctor in the world to perform a legal lethal injection in 1996 following the passage of the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act by the government of Australia's Northern Territory in 1995. Once the law was repealed in 1997, Nitschke turned to advocacy by starting his foundation. Since the repeal of the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act in Australia, other nations have legalized assisted suicide. In the United States, it's legal in 8 states (Maine, Vermont, New Jersey, Colorado, New Mexico, Washington, Oregon, and California) as well as Washington DC. In Montana, it is also legal for terminally ill patients to request lethal medication from a physician. In Switzerland, the legality of assisted suicide is made possible by Article 115 of the Swiss Penal Code which allows the act in instances where the motive of doing so is altruistic. This makes Swiss law on the matter much more ambiguous compared to other European nations where it is legal, namely Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Unlike those countries, the statutory construction of Swiss law makes legal assisted suicide possible even without a physician. Switzerland's unique legal climate presents Nitschke with a unique opportunity given that he himself is not a physician. The inventor has expressly conveyed the importance of removing psychiatric review and other medical oversight in instances of individuals seeking assisted suicide. All Nitschke requires is that those who apply to use the suicide pod fill out a questionnaire which determines they are capable of consenting. From there, the portable device can be transported to a location of their choosing. Once immersed in the suicide pod, the person activates an AI process which gradually reduces the oxygen by flooding the interior with nitrogen. Once the process begins, all the person using the device has to do is lay down and die. As of its approval by the Swiss Medical Review Board, no Sarco Suicide Pod has gone into operation yet. The device is presently in development with just 3 prototypes to have been constructed thus far. No cost estimates for the device have even been calculated. Needless to say, there aren't any user reviews on the device available either. Though Switzerland's approval of this machine comes at a time where polling reflects a positive outlook on assisted suicide, that also intersects with a period of increased mental illness onset by restrictive government policies made under the pretense of protecting public health in the midst of a pandemic. This duality reflects that the changing attitude on assisted suicide by the government lacks the altruistic intent referred to under the Swiss penal code. Economic shuttering, rigid policies restricting the free association of individuals in public, and the mental strain of terror imposed by a medical technocracy demonstrate a callous disregard for human life and individual autonomy. While the Swiss have viewed legal suicide as a right under personal freedom, they have also recently upheld the use of vaccine passports which is a stark contradiction of law making done in the interest of protecting individual freedom, especially in consideration of medical care. Formative French sociologist Émile Durkheim is regarded as contributing one of the most compelling philosophical examinations of suicide through his aptly titled monograph Le Suicide. Durkheim's work was published in 1897 at a time where shifting views on suicide were happening within a much more conservative society. Influenced by his era, Durkheim's work takes a much more objective insight into suicide by cataloging it among four classifications: egostic, altruistic, anomic, and fatalistic. He also notes the varying suicide rates across different cultures and demographics. Le Suicide was innately expectant of criticism upon its release given the gravity of its subject matter. One of the foremost criticisms of his work was that Durkheim's view on individual autonomy was formed by the amalgamation of aggregate statistics from external factors. As such, given that individuals are choosing to commit suicide because of those external forces, there is reason to question how freely they are making the choice given the influence of the duress that they are under. This criticism provides a compelling argument seemingly absent from advocacy promoting assisted suicide in the most liberal conditions. It begs the question about whether or not a state that doesn't care whether you live or die is earnestly being altruistic in reshaping its laws on assisted suicide.

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Gizmodo: Someone Is Running Hundreds of Malicious Servers on the Tor Network and Might Be De-Anonymizing Users
by jim bell 09 Dec '21

09 Dec '21

Gizmodo: Someone Is Running Hundreds of Malicious Servers on the Tor Network and Might Be De-Anonymizing Users. https://gizmodo.com/someone-is-running-hundreds-of-malicious-servers-on-the…

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[spam][ot][rambling][crazy] Are Frozen Water Bottles Dangerous?
by Karl 09 Dec '21

09 Dec '21

I don't know.

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Re: Libertarianism... parties, borders, property, abortion, roads, taxes, guns, death, etc
by professor rat 09 Dec '21

09 Dec '21

Ha! Even a one-man-Russian Troll Farm and certified Batshit-Crazy NAZBOL coprophage can see through rolled-gold frauds like Gramps and Dumbell. >>> what is this 'grarpamp' thing but a trumpofascist KKK US turd trying to lecture anybody about 'libertarianism'? A trumpofascist turd babbling about 'libertarianism'?? Really??? Please. > faux-freedom psyop 'grarpamp' being a fanatical US nazi he certainly knows a lot about faux-freedom psyops. Starting with the nazi cesspool that jefferson, franklin and the rest of slaveowners 'founded'. For the record, europe is the fascist cesspool that created the US empire. I hope that's enough praise for europe. And last but not least : bell stated > i'm against GOVERNMENT borders. > I'm not aware if there are any "open-borders" nations on Earth. So what do those two sentences mean? Why would somebody who pretends to be against 'government borders' say that there are no open borders nations? That's a textbook example of a US nazi excuse. Every time US nazis are reminded of what kind of garbage they are, they 1)first deny it and then 2)babble "but, but, EVERYBODY DOES IT"! So yeah, saying "I don't know any open borders country" is a twisted, stupid and dishonest way of saying "look government borders aren't that bad!". <<< Scratch a Trotskyist - find a Stalinist Scratch a Libertarian - find a statist.

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Crypto CEOs request Congress provide regulatory clarity
by professor rat 09 Dec '21

09 Dec '21

"You, Sir, are abusing power because you killed 25 citizens, when you should have only killed 15!" The wounded screams of IRS suck-ups echo in my ears. Now, I don't know where these candy-assed cyber-liberty advocates came from. Many of them may be of the variety that sets on one corner the Cyphernomicon of the table, and tea and crumpets on the other corner, and then smile at everyone and say, "Isn't freedom nice? Don't you think the government should give us more of it? Would you like some tea?"

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Agency - An Anarchist PR Project
by professor rat 08 Dec '21

08 Dec '21

Agency Newswire Amplifying anarchist perspectives through original commentary, syndicated content, and breaking news https://www.anarchistagency.com Anarchism and Libertarianism - a resounding clash of ideologies https://theworld.com/~mhuben/leftlib.html

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Re: Coronavirus: Thread
by professor rat 08 Dec '21

08 Dec '21

Karl had a family? Who knew? >>> German Man Kills His Entire Family In Murder-Suicide Motivated By Vaccine Passport Penalties <<<

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Libertarianism... parties, borders, property, abortion, roads, taxes, guns, death, etc
by grarpamp 08 Dec '21

08 Dec '21

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debates_within_libertarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_libertarian_political_parties https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?fulltext=1&search=libertarianism Have fun.

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Cryptocurrency: DEX, Bloat, and Govts Love of Anti-Privacy Coins for Authoritarian SpyVeillance
by grarpamp 08 Dec '21

08 Dec '21

https://decrypt.co/87768/cia-confirms-rumors-working-cryptocurrency-projects https://decrypt.co/66411/cia-bitcoin-surveillance 'Earlier this year, Morell called blockchain technology a "boon for surveillance" in a report, published by the Coinbase- and Square-led Crypto Council for Innovation. ... the public nature of transactions makes it an "underutilized forensic tool for governments..."' Crypto-privacy, and crypto-mobility to better cryptos via the freedom of anonymous uncensorable unstoppable crypto exchanges, are all requisite elements to the fulfillment of the promise of cryptocurrency. You knew that, but your short term greed and other flailings, including maxi-worship-discipleship, ignored that, thus letting the number of beasts boon up their tools for oppression against you. Develop, deploy, adopt, and use fully distributed cross-coin cross-layer0 anonymous DEX's, and privacy coins, and coins whose database size does not continue to grow forever up against the decidedly unguaranteed nature of Moore's law, and coins whose sole purpose is to move a numeric amount, etc. You are years behind in all these required bits of the game, you must invest and do them, now, today!

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