Truth can sometimes be harmful...(talk.cpunks.truth)

[Sandy Sandfort]

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                          SANDY SANDFORT
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C'punks,

On Fri, 24 May 1996, blanc wrote:

> This reminds me of those arguments on the list where that old
> objection against encrypting personal messages was brought up:  
> "what have you got to hide?", implying: do you fear the truth, 
> do you mean to live outside the context of honesty and truth? 
> And the cypherpunks would counter, no - we just want to be
> particular about who receives it.

This is the most concise and logical response yet, to my
suggested answer of "Truth" to Bell's question.  Blanc has
masterfully shown why that dog won't hunt.


 S a n d y

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