From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 21:49:02 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: SMTP import error #-5
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No Alias Created wrote:
> Ernest Hua wrote:
> > > > It is truly counter-productive to insist on conspiracy theories and
> > > > anti-government rhetoric.  Sure, there have been conspiracies in the
> > > > past.  Sure, there have been more than our fair share of atrocities.
> 
> [mucho snippo]
> 
> The danger in conspiracy theories (and you can check the L.A. Times for
> verification of this) is that they are often tied in to anti-Semitism
> and other forms of racism, and/or provide an excuse to....
> 
> The fact is, though, that only government possesses the power to ruin the
> lives of masses of people, which they have often done, even in this century.
> Anyone who says "the conspiracies aren't true" and "anti-government rhetoric
> is automatically bad", etc. is just sticking their head in the sand.
> 
> The militias are a necessary correction to government excess, however
> negative the implications of militia power might be.
> 
> As far as the difficulty in creating the infrastructure to monitor every-
> one, well, it exists and is growing by the minute.  All "they" have to do
> is listen in, and have smart programs to sort out what they want to look
> at (which they certainly do).  Think of it as a percentage deal.  The
> people the govt. most want to monitor are the ones who are the most
> active in their travel and communication, therefore, it greatly reduces
> the monitoring load.

Another new error message.  Every other day, a new error.  Who's doing
this?