From: wcs@anchor.ho.att.com (Bill_Stewart_HOY002_1305)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 93 22:46:23 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: MISC: thought for the day
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> 	  In Starfleet, all communications are encrypted automatically.
> 	 Although there is no honor in knowledge gained through stolen
> 	 transmissions, some of our enemies have no honor. A true Klingon
> 	 does not "sneak"-he shouts into the face of his enemy. But I have
> 	 seen many types of dishonor, and so I am prepared for it.
> 	                -Lieutenant Worf,chief of security, U.S.S.Enterprise
.... and of course
> 	``Gentlemen do not read each other's mail''.  Henry Stimson,

The classic Roman Republic policy on information from enemy traitors was
to accept it, use it, kick the enemy's butt, and then kill the traitor. 
By the time of the Empire, haggling over price was a bit more flexible.
After all, if you're trying to protect your own city, winning is everything.
And if you're off trying to conquer other cities to increase the riches 
and power of the generals who run your army, honor's not a concept you
want to over-analyze :-)   For more precise references, and less cynicism,
you'll need to contact my 8th grade Latin teacher...
				Pedantically,				
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