From: lucifer@dhp.com (lucifer Anonymous Remailer)
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 10:27:05 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: CDT Policy Post 3.08 - Senate Committee Approves Key Crypto Bill
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Kent Crispin wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 20, 1997 at 04:50:16PM -0700, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> > Statements similar to yours have been made so many times, scolding
> > "extremists" for "not being realistic." I seem to remember something about
> > extremism in defense of liberty being no vice, and moderation no virtue.
> > Either way, if you compromise, you don't get what you want. That is
> > absolutely obvious. So why compromise?
> 
> Because half a million dollars is better than no dollars? Because in
> real life the vast majority of choices are not binary? 

  "Give me half my freedom, or hurt me bad."
                      - Negotiator Crispin
 
> The real question is: What is the most *effective* way for achieving
> your ends.

  "Give me compromise, or I will give you death."
                           - Prosecutor Crispin


  Wasn't someone named Crispin one of the original signers of 
the "Declaration of Wishing We Weren't Oppressed"?

Half-TruthMonger