re organized lobbying for cryptography marc tanda isis org marc thibault writes looking at it from up here in the frozen north it looks like you could do worse than get the nra involved they have a kindred problem a large number of voters the right attitude and lots of funds they also have a lot of the other voters really irritated at them from an ethical or constitutional viewpoint i haven t seen a good argument for cryptographic rights that doesn t also support the nra position on guns and vice versa okay folks i know i m in the minority on this issue but i can t let this assertion go unchallenged yet again i m going to say this only once in the hopes of not starting a flame war off of the main topic guns are offensive cryptography is defensive see the difference the only way you can use a gun is to hurt somebody else crypto graphy helps prevent other people from hurting you sorry for the digression let s not forget the issue that we do agree on we want continued access to crypto technology of our choice without key registration george mitchell george tessi com
