From: "Claborne, Chris at SanDiegoCA" <claborne@microcosm.sandiegoca.NCR.COM>
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 94 18:54:57 PDT
To: cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: RE: "Cypherpunk" vs. "Cryptorebel"
Message-ID: <2E1B5F85@microcosm.SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM>
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On Wed, 6 Jul 1994, Lefty wrote:

> >I like the label "cryptorebel" better than "cypherpunk".  The word
> >"punk" just does not seem right, while "rebel" does.   I do have a
> >certain attachment to "cypherpunk".  Comments?
>
> If it weren't for nitpickers, we'd all be knee-deep in nits.

   There is too much "name recognition" in "cypherpunk" for it to be dropped 
now...IMHO.

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