First, brand all the children

[Anonymous User]

An armed uprising won't transpire, but a time will come
when people will run away from cities.

Even if you disagree with prophecy, I very much doubt that you truly
believe that there is men and women in great numbers that will fight.
After spending 26 years on this planet, it will not be a surprise to
me
when my neighbors, family & friends are first in line to 
the inoculation centers.
Why?
Because it will be the simpliest of things.

"And that no man might buy or sell, except he that had the mark"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Furlong" <sfurlong at acmenet.net>
To: <cypherpunks at lne.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 6:23 AM
Subject: Re: First, brand all the children


> Declan McCullagh wrote:
> 
> > When you have 99-1 votes in the Senate
> > (http://www.politechbot.com/p-02651.html), can anyone seriously
> > say that either the Democrats or Republicans can be trusted to
> > preserve our privacy and follow the demands of the Constitution?
> 
> No. Nor have the mass of national politicians been trustworthy
> since FDR or before.
> 
> It might be good that Congress is likely to pass a Draconian
> anti-terrorism law. The nibbling away at civil rights has gone
> generally without effective opposition. About the only hope for the
> retention of our rights is a massive chunk bitten off at once,
> while there are still enough armed Americans to put politicians in
> fear of their lives. I'm not actually hoping for an armed uprising,
> but the fear of one is
> clearly the only thing which will bring Congress, the federal
> courts, and the President to heel.
> 
> -- 
> Steve Furlong    Computer Condottiere   Have GNU, Will Travel
>   617-670-3793
> 
> "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly
> while bad people will find a way around the laws." -- Plato