From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 11:02:08 +0800
To: Declan McCullagh <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Sen. Leahy's "impeccable cyberspace credentials"
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At 09:50 AM 8/26/96 -0700, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> Go a head and reject the "Beltway politicians". It's fashionable, sure, but
> what does it really accomplish?  Some of them are dangerous. Others are
> sympathetic. 

Not true, some of them are merely less dangerous and harmful than others.

As to whether Leahy is one of the less dangerous and harmful ones, that
is seriously questionable.

> The fact is that short of armed rebellion they are going to be
> here for a while.I shudder to think of the wrath our opponents 
> could wage if we all threw up our hands packed up our bags and left town.

Bad cop, good cop.  You cooperate with the "good" cop, you go to jail.  You
tell them both to go to hell, then maybe you will not go to jail, and if you
do go to jail, at least you will have the satisfaction of screaming injustice
all the way:

Re read what our "good" cop has been up to:

> > Worse yet, as recently as this month Leahy has
> > been clamoring to fund the invasive wiretapping legislation ("Digital
> > Telephony") he shepherded through Congress two years ago.
> >
> > Equally distressingly, Leahy demonstrated his "impeccable cyberspace
> > credentials" by cosponsoring the Senate online copyright bill -- aka the
> > Hollywood Media Mafia's wet dream. (Yes, these are the same rapacious
> > folks who are demanding that the Boy Scouts and summer camps pay cash to
> > sing "God Bless America" and "Puff the Magic Dragon.") Opposed by the
> > American Library Association, EFF, and teachers' organizations, Leahy's
> > bill would slam fair use rights online and could make it a crime to
> > browse the Net without a license.
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