From: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 13:23:18 +0800
To: Bill Frantz <frantz@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Cypherpunk voting - ITAR or CDA
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On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Bill Frantz wrote:

> At  1:37 AM 8/25/96 -0400, Vincent Cate wrote:
> >So it seems Dole is the better vote.  Is this important enough to many
> >cypherpunks to actually determine their vote?
> 
> Every time I think about voting for Dole, I read something in the papers
> that convinces me it is a bad idea.  The most recent is that he wants to
> raise the intensity of the disastrous, failed war on drugs.
> 
> You know the war.  The one that has forced suppliers to enforce their
> contracts with violence because the courts won't help them.  The one that
> eliminated the concept of responsible use which has worked so well with
> alcohol.  The one that has eliminated reputation from the drug market,
> leading to overdoses and poisonings.  The one that is responsible for most
> of the wire taps authorized in the USA.  The one that has turned the USA
> into the prison capitol of the world.  Don't get me started.
> 
> 
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