The Crypto Winter

[David Honig]

At 03:15 PM 11/17/01 -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote:
>on Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 01:36:32PM -0800, alphabeta121
>(alphabeta121 at hotmail.com) wrote:
>> what does C-A-C-L stand for?
>
>Crypto-Anarcho Capitalist Libertarian, per archives.  Shorthand for a
>common, if not prevailing, political viewpoint among active listmembers.
>

That label is 

1. inconsistent (libertarian & anarchy) 
2. redundant ('capitalist' and libertarian)
3. nonsensical --cryptography is a neutral technology with debatable 
social consequences
4. one poster's label; and anyone can post here

Your milage may vary.