CDR: Re: why should it be trusted?

[Bill Stewart]

At 08:12 PM 10/22/00 -0700, James A.. Donald wrote:
>     --
>At 07:09 PM 10/22/2000 -0700, Nathan Saper wrote:
> > I think the government has a right to do whatever it needs to do to
> > maintain the health and well-being of its population.  That is the
> > purpose of the government.
>
>Then the government should be raiding your home to check on your 
>consumption of chocolate, and spying on your messages to detect if you are 
>secretly arranging for the purchase or sale of forbidden substances.

Congratulations!  You've finally discovered the Secret Ulterior Motive
behind the Cypherpunks Grocery-Store-Frequent-Shopper Card Exchange Ritual,
which is to discourage them from knowing who's *really* buying
all that chocolate and beer.   

(We used to do it relatively often; now it's more of an occasional thing,
especially since the Albertsons/AmericanStores merger means that
Lucky no longer uses cards, but Safeway still does.
Safeway started doing "Thank you for shopping at Safeway, Mr. Cypherpunki"
a while back, and they're currently usually mispronouncing the
person whose dietary habits I'm also disparaging. :-)