On being a cypherpunk

[J.A. Terranson]

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006, Damian Gerow wrote:

> Thus spake Greg Broiles (gbroiles at gmail.com) [13/03/06 18:31]:
> : > I've known for years (it was on the website holding the subscription form)
> : > that cypherpunks write code.  But I've never seen discussion behind the
> : > phrase, only of the phrase itself.
> :
> : See "A Cypherpunk's Manifesto" at
> : <http://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/manifesto.html>.
>
> Now I know why Mr. Hughes 'writes code'.  What about you?  Or are you
> insinuating that Mr. Hughes speaks on your behalf?

In this forum, it is unlikely that anyone speaks on anyone elses behalf
:-/

In all seriousness, except for the commonality of the CP agenda,
self-identified "Cypherpunks" could not be categorized by any common
property.

I Wrote Code, and now help others to Write Code as a deliberately radical
act in furtherance of my personal political agenda.

I believe that only in *action* can a human claim the right to exist free
of fetters, and that the most efficient action I can take is the one that
impacts the most people with the least effort: code.

In the end, I think that the code will set you free.

-- 
Yours,

J.A. Terranson
sysadmin at mfn.org
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