1997-07-19 - Re: Keepers of the keys

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From: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 903e06500a051a6d1bc353fb0b9385d1793225eb5862556d297b517cdecd7403
Message ID: <19970719074314.59778@bywater.songbird.com>
Reply To: <3.0.1.32.19970718133642.00b6ee70@dnai.com>
UTC Datetime: 1997-07-19 14:58:31 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 22:58:31 +0800

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From: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 22:58:31 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Keepers of the keys
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On Fri, Jul 18, 1997 at 10:10:37PM -0700, Tim May wrote:
[usual rant deleted]
> 
> Kill the key grabbers and all those who support them. Isn't it exactly what
> Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, and the others would have argued?

Amazing.  Patriotism -- the last refuge of the scoundrel.

However, Patric Henry said something like "Give me liberty or give me
death." That is really very different from "Kill everyone who opposes
me and all their supporters." Tim doesn't seem to understand this
nuance. 

-- 
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