CDR: Re: Jim Bell arrested, documents online

[Jim Choate]

On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, Greg Newby wrote:
 
> Do people on this list really believe that the solution to 
> problems is to kill people?

No, only a very small faction of crypto-anarchists (better known as the
terminaly self-indulged). The vast majority of people on this list (and
elsewhere) for that matter understand the concept of self-defence and
recognize its distinction from "I have a right to kill a person" bullshit.

> Or are we just getting sarcastic and frustrated?

No, Tim and a handful of others have been spouting this crap since day
one. Check the archives.
 
> (Yes, I know Tim May believes people should be killed, but
> he's just a fuckhead bag of hot air.)

A well armed fuckhead bag of hot air you mean...
 
> Seems to me that anarchy where people solve their problems
> by killing people isn't much of a solution to anything.  Relying
> on strong crypto to maintain anonymity so that nobody finds
> and kills YOU, but you can work to kill public figures, is
> placing your life in the hands of your crypto.
> 
> Empower yourself by killing others, or by working to kill them?
> That sounds pretty lame.

Nothing wrong with your deductive powers. This observation with respect to
anarchy is why the vast majority (99.999% perhaps?) of people have enough
of a clue to pass it by.

It's worth mentioning that the only 'working' anarchy (Iceland) had to
legalize murder in order to build a system that didn't break down into a
Hatfields-McCoy type scenario. It's also worth mentioning that after
several attempts at exporting it to other Scandanavian countries it died
an ingnoble death.

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