From: Matts Kallioniemi <matts@cyberpass.net>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 05:46:22 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Why is cryptoanarchy irreversible?
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At 17:12 1996-11-07 -0800, jim bell wrote:
>Simple analogy:  Suppose you put two people into a room with a deck of 
>playing cards and a table, instructing "Person A" to build a house-of-cards, 
>and telling "Person B" to stop him from achieving his goal.  Who do you 
>think will win?  Obviously, the latter will win:  It's vastly easier to 
>knock such a structure down than to build it in the first place,  and all 
>"Person B" has to do is occasionally take a whack at the structure. 

What if Person A is better armed? Could that change the outcome?