From: azur@netcom.com (Steve Schear)
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 18:18:36 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: RUL_let
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>Jim Bell wrote:
>>On Thu, 26 Dec 1996, Lucky Green wrote:
>>
>>> At 08:11 PM 12/26/96 -0500, John Young wrote:
>>> >
>>> >"New encryption export rules probably won't be issued until early
>>> >next week"
>>> >
>>> >   Rules probably won't be issued until just a day or 2 before they
>>> >   go into effect on January 1, officials said Monday.
>>>
>>> Good move on part of the USG. It will keep public discussion to a minimum.
>>>
>>
>>An acquaintance of mine moved here from Germany after the war.
>>She says that, from her family's perspective, the first clear sign
>>that things were seriously going to hell was that Hitler and his
>>friends started issuing proclamations, effective almost immediately,
>>dictating something else you could or could not do.  Later, the
>>proclamations were made during the night and were effective instantly.
>
>
>Sounds like "government regulations" today, doesn't it!

Or the bogus vote taken recently in Korea's legislature when the ruling
party held a "secret" vote in the early morning hours (so the opposition
parties would be present) to pass contentious labor laws.

-- Steve