From: Martin C Sweitzer <msew+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 95 15:53:22 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: CYPHERPUNK considered harmful.
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Excerpts from cypherpunks: 13-Sep-95 CYPHERPUNK considered harmful. by
"Peter Trei"@process.com 
>      We call ourselves 'cypherpunks'. While this is derived from the SF
> term 'cyberpunk', consider the image we are creating for ourselves:
>  
>      A 'punk' is a marginalized young adult, one who rejects the norms
> of his or her society, and takes delight in irking those around him with
> his or her rejection. The older of us will think of James Dean in 'Rebel
> Without a Cause', or Brando in 'The Wild One'. Later, you get images
> such as Peter Fonda in 'Easy Rider', and more recently, Sid Vicious and
> other icons of the 'punk rock' movement.


Never EVER judge a book by its cover.


People that do usually end up being Joe Sixpacks.  And by being a Joe
Sixpack you don't have that much power in today's society.


Martin S