From: nobody@cypherpunks.ca (John Anonymous MacDonald)
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 02:44:57 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: When did Mondex ever claim to be anonymous?
Message-ID: <199611011038.CAA03167@abraham.cs.berkeley.edu>
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Re: When did Mondex ever claim to be anonymous? 
Derek wrote:

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>	They say: "In everyday use Mondex transactions are private, like cash"
>at http://www.mondex.com/faq.htm#anon
>
>	Thus they are making two claims:
>	1. Cash is anonymous.
>	2. Mondex is like cash.

Along with one proviso: "In everyday use"
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Clearly, to them, the IRA (or possibly the local hash dealer) is not an
"everyday use" situation.

The value of provisos like this, to companies and politicians, is hard
to understate. Bill Clinton really meant to "End welfare as we know it."
                                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Voters saw the statement, ignored the proviso, and liked it; hardly any
of them imagining that his proviso could include plans for a drastic
_increase_ in the size and scope of the U.S. welfare state.