NY Times Fears C'punks
brains at male.org
brains at male.org
Sat Sep 3 14:37:30 PDT 1994
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>In <199409031519.LAA23930 at pipe1.pipeline.com>, jya at pipeline.com passes
>along a New York Times article. Yep, they're sounding scared. I
>saw definite pleading of the government's case in there. They left out
>pedophiles, but they got terrorists, drug dealers and nuclear weapons
>smugglers.
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>Was it just me, or did the tone get a little more frantic when they
>started talking about crypto?
If you, then me, too :-\
>
>And what are they really saying in that closing paragraph?
>
>> Big Brother is dead. The only serious likelihood of his resurrection
>> lies in reaction to the chaos and disintegration that an era of Little
>> Brothers might bring.
>
>Is this the NYT being out of touch, or are they just showing off their
>tentaclehood? To me, that reads like a threat against those who oppose
>the Government Private Agenda.
My vote is out of touch - with a threat tossed in for good measure.
FWIW, I sent them a nice (hah!) reply, poking holes in some of their
premises. Likely won't do any good, but made me feel better.
Dave Merriman
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