From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 14:16:34 -0700 (PDT)
To: Jim Bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Subject: Re: David Friedman and assassination politics
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Jim,

For the record: I doubt everyone agrees with your "libertarianism is
intertwined with assassination politics" line... I suggest that one can
believe in minimal government and other libertarian mainstays without
seeing a need to kill off those whom we dislike, be they IRS agents or
surly supermarket clerks. 

-Declan


On Sun, 20 Apr 1997, Jim Bell wrote:

> At 00:36 4/20/97 -0700, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> 
> >These ideas is of course not new to cypherpunks. We've been talking about
> >them for years. But these ideas are slowly infiltrating the DC body
> >politic. Assassination politics, here we come -- right, Jim? Want to give
> >a speech at Cato? 
> 
> I'd be proud to do it.  Even after everything that's happened so far.  
> 
> Strike that; ESPECIALLY after everything that's happened so far!
> 
> The way I see it, they're going to have to deal with this issue eventually,
> and it's possible that it won't be obvious to them that libertarianism and
> AP mix.  Indeed, I think they MUST mix; we have no choice in the matter.