From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 20:00:19 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Fighting the cybercensor
In-Reply-To: <32EC38BC.5511@sk.sympatico.ca>
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Toto <toto@sk.sympatico.ca> writes:

> Dale Thorn wrote:
>
> > How does one country get on top and terrorize the whole world?  By
> > following Tom Wolfe's intimation concerning the pirates: "The people
> > on the East coast were constantly victimized because they couldn't
> > comprehend just how vicious and ruthless the pirates really were"
> > (quote approximate).
>
> Dale,
>   When I read posts like this, I wonder how any rationally thinking
> person can possibly believe that socio/politico concerns have no
> place in the discussion of crypto.
>   It is my belief that many of the more atrocious acts being performed
> against the citizens by various governments are made possible by the
> fact that there are so few people who recognize a 'pirate' when they
> see one.
>   While I appreciate that there are those who may be furthering the
> cause of crypto, privacy and freedom through official channels, the
> controlled media, and such, there needs to be a forum in which
> people are free to use what they consider to be the 'correct'
> terminology to refer to those who have usurped democracy in order
> to control the citizens for their own personal profit.
>   i.e. 'Pirates'

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