re the escrow database in article apr news eng convex com gardner convex com steve gardner writes in article strnlghtc t k inf netcom com strnlght netcom com david sternlight writes after the waco massacre and the big brother wiretap chip any tactic is fair this is pernicious nonsense in what way david our government is totally out of control whether you realize it or not i know you find it painful to think of your old buddy uncle sam as evil but it s true other democracies have fallen before ours is on its way and knee jerk sheep that instinctively trust government are helping it slide power corrupts david why is that so hard to understand that wasn t my point my point is that your implied position about the waco massacre is an assertion cum political position according to a cnn poll about of americans think the fbi acted properly and a majority think they should have done it the tear gas a lot sooner a large majority also believe the fbi was not at all responsible for the death of the victims koresh was let s avoid the kind of fruitless argument of the sort if a hadn t x d then b might not have y d what you call the big brother chip is right now a proposal under discussion and it is not yet clear that strong crypto is going to be banned therefore neither justifies any tactic is fair thus the statement is nonsense it is pernicious because any tactic can lead to damaging others as i see you know from the tone of your reply there s nothing personal intended david david sternlight great care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of our information errors and omissions excepted
