From: "David K. Merriman" <merriman@amaonline.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 08:19:15 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Brain Tennis with Dorthy
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At 11:59 AM 08/1/96 -0400, Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com> wrote:
>I'm following the Brain Tennis Match between Dorothy Denning and John
>Gilmore on encryption and the right to absolute privacy on Hot Wired
>(http://www.hotwired.com/braintennis/96/31/index0a.html).
>
>Were I a participant in this exercise, I would lob the following to Dorothy:
>

... <good questions excised> ...

One might wonder how Dorothy's opinions about privacy et al would change were it *her* communications/privacy/person at risk (be it through torture, GAK, etc.).

Were a government - duly elected - to come into power similar to that in 30's Germany or 70's Viet Nam, so that intellectuals or the educated became the targets of oppression, would she be as adamant about the perceived "rights" of Government to intrude in her private life, monitor her communications, and so on?

Inquiring minds want to know.... :-)

Dave Merriman

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