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[bear]

<cryptography at wasabisystems.com>, "'cypherpunks at lne.com '" 
<cypherpunks at lne.com>
Subject: Re: Ross's TCPA paper

>
> Here's a clue, Mr. Bear.  The cypherpunks list was founded on the
> principle that cyberspace can enhance freedom, and that includes freedom
> to associate with whomever you choose.  Racism is evil, but the solution
> must lie in people's hearts.  Pointing a gun at them and forcing them
> to act in a politically correct manner (which is what civil rights
> regulations really do) is no solution to the problem.

Bear left the Cypherpunks list a long while ago, citing fundamental 
disagreements.

"Cryptography" was formed as a putatively apolitical list. Apparently 
this is no longer so, and its politics are at odds with the main themes 
on our list. (I believe this partly comes about precisely _because_ it 
supposedly has no political compass heading.)

I have strong views on all this DRM and TCPA stuff, and especially on 
the claim that some form of DRM is needed to prevent government from 
taking over control of the "arts."

But we said everything that needed to be said _years_ ago. No point in 
repeating the same points.


--Tim May
"Dogs can't conceive of a group of cats without an alpha cat." --David 
Honig, on the Cypherpunks list, 2001-11