saturation tactics?
Michael Johnson
mpjohnso at nyx.cs.du.edu
Mon Sep 27 07:36:14 PDT 1993
On Sun, 26 Sep 1993, George A. Gleason wrote:
>
> In a discussion on the Well, some folks were speculating about the idea of
> lots and lots of people & companies applying for those arms export licenses,
> on the basis that they *might* sell crypto to a foreigner, or *might* go on
> an overseas business trip with their laptop with a crypto program on it,
> etc. This is a great case of an old protest tactic which we used to call
> "saturation," which involves lots and lots of people scrupulously obeying an
> unfair or controversial law to the point where it starts to swamp the
> system.
>
> Seeme like it might be worth looking into. Any comments...?
Sounds expensive at $1,000 per five years per license. Got any cheaper
ideas, like writing to your Congress person and the President?
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