From: koontzd@lrcs.loral.com (David Koontz )
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 93 08:45:42 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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>From: remailer@merde.dis.org (remailer bogus account)

>My only hope, personally, is to fight vigorously (perhaps literally, in
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>due course) for the maintenance of the Bill of Rights as protection
>against the tyranny of _both_ the mob and the State.  I personally see
>the prospect of an electronic so-called democracy to be terrifying, a
>mechanism whose technical subversion would be trivial for the State's
>assets, say the NSA.  Simple manipulation by propaganda would be even
>easier.  Read Orwell.  Read Zamyatin.

>Cypherpunks are providing the basis for long-range, (relatively) secure
>communication between those activists and thinkers who may have the
>power to bring down the State and restore the individual autonomy this
>nation was originally devised to foster.  

As I understand it the Libertarian Party qualifies membership to exclude
any endorsement of violent overthrow of government.  While some portion
of those affected by this policy may well have gone underground, I don't 
believe that cypherpunks as a committee of the whole are willing or ready 
to do so.

Then again as someone pointed out yesterday, cypherpunks aren't just 
libertarians and/or may be unwilling to accept this sentiment.  Some portion,
however large of those receiving this mailing list, may not agree with this
political leaning and may not consider it germaine to their participation.

Avoiding the appearance of endorsing the violent overthrow of government 
is prudent policy for any organization.