1997-06-06 - Re: NYT on German Net Police

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From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
To: Robert Hettinga <cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1997-06-06 16:45:27 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 7 Jun 1997 00:45:27 +0800

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From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 1997 00:45:27 +0800
To: Robert Hettinga <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: NYT on German Net Police
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At 7:40 AM -0700 6/6/97, Robert Hettinga wrote:
>At 8:19 am -0400 on 6/6/97, John Young wrote:
>
>
>> Recall a previous report that Kohl and other heads of state are
>> to meet in Denver on June 20-22 to plan a global attack
>> on "cyber-terrorism," including the spread of encryption:
>>
>>    http://jya.com/denver.htm
>
>Wow. What an opportunity for street theater *that* might be...
>
>Anyone up for a little road-trip?
>
>Yeah, I know. Everyone *else* has a *job*, or something... :-).

No, I don't have a job.

But there's no way in hell I'm going to expose myself to imprisonment in a
German jail to make some metaphorical point about the resurgence of fascism
in Germany.

--Tim May

There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws.
Only one response to the key grabbers is warranted: "Death to Tyrants!"
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