From: J. Michael Diehl <mdiehl@triton.unm.edu>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 93 12:39:12 PST
To: huggins@eecs.umich.edu (Jim Huggins)
Subject: Re: Clipper and the "Christian Right"
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According to Jim Huggins:
> 
> Clark Reynard has rightly pointed out that some in the Christian Right
> agree with the cypherpunks on the need for legal cryptography and that they
> might be able to help in the fight against things like Clipper.  
> Why that should bring out deep-seeded hatred against the Christian Right
> for unrelated offenses or differences of opinion is beyond me.  Isn't
> it enough that we could agree on this one issue?

I might add that I'm a "member" of the Christian Right.  I also like to think
that I've contributed to the "Cypherpunk Cause."  I believe that encryption is
a right, and I believe that government should stay out of most things I'm 
involved with.

Just my $.02

Lagers,


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