re overreacting was re once tapped your code is no good any more in article apr rick dgbt doc ca jhan debra dgbt doc ca jerry han writes in this giant bally ho over this clipper chip i noticed a rather disturbing trend in some of the e mail and posts i ve tossing back and forth me too a tendency on the part of some people to hide their head in the sand the reason is very simple how many people do you want to die in a riot in a new civil war how many people do you want jailed for their convictions for their insistence on real privacy why sit by quietly while the preconditions for a real civil war are put in place by a short sighted government everybody is jumping up and down and screaming about it and i m worried that people are going to reach for their hammers and rifles before their pens and paper the terminal is mightier than the pen can people work within the system before trying to break it examine your history books and find out how many armed revolutions led to democratic or democratic style governments i think you ll only find one in over five thousand years of written history really i guess you mean the u s revolution how about england india mexico france holland that s not very good odds you are misinformed but this whole issue is off the topic somebody once said something like armed violence is meant only to be used in response to an armed attack it is not meant to be used in agression this is the difference between self defence and murder when the cops kick in your door for using pgp tell them that all we re doing here is exercising our so called rapidly narrowing right to free speech i m probably overreacting but what i ve read scared me a lot i don t want my children growing up in a war zone perhaps you should talk to the government about that or are you a disciple of david the cops are our friends sternlight the implied threat of the illegalization of private crypto the not so subtle subtext of the clipper announcement is what worries me i don t want my children growing up in a police state rens disclaimer all opinions herein are mine and mine alone and do not necessarily represent those of any organization with which i may be affiliated o o j laurens troost unix systems at work rens imsi com investment management svcs inc at play rens century com east th street th floor phone new york new york fax o o ims is unlikely to share any of the above opinions
