FC: Frank Sudia's anti-crypto stand: Razor blade genie is out of bottle

[measl at mfn.org]

On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:

> From: "Frank Sudia" <frank at sudialab.com>
> To: "Carl Ellison" <cme at acm.org>
> Cc: "Declan McCullagh" <declan at well.com>
> Subject: The Razor Blade Genie is Out of the Bottle

<huge snip> 

> The legislative power of the people (not me, the crypto guys are the megalo
> maniacs) could disable every existing copy of PGP.

With all due respect here, do you honestly believe this, or are you using
this as a rhetorical device?  Taken literally, this is an almost
incomprehensible display of naivete...  

Outlawing is not equal to disabling.

-- 
Yours, 
J.A. Terranson
sysadmin at mfn.org

If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they
should give serious consideration towards setting a better example:
Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of
unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in
the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and 
elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire
populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate...
This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States
as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers,
associates, or others.  Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of
those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the
first place...
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