From: frissell@panix.com
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 12:12:02 +0800
To: Tim May <cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
Subject: Re: May's Banal Rant
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>(There are also reasons for them to "tone down" their rhetoric. Some of
>them have sent me e-mail saying they agree with my points (or disagree, as
>the case may be) but do not feel comfortable posting publically, given
>their present employment with these companies. This is a natural
>development. Go back and read the rhetoric in 1992-5 about controversial
>issues....many of the essayists of even the most controversial pieces then
>are now at companies and are understandably less vocal. So?)

I find this hard to believe.  I guess it takes all kinds to make a world.  In 
the current employment market for people with crypto skills, few are going to 
get fired for their political views and no one of these types would find it 
hard to get another job if fired.

Even those without crypto skills (myself for example) would find it trivial to 
find work.

I make no secret of my political views when talking to people I work with.  
Most of them are quite conventional people including government employees.  
Maybe my personal manner is less threatening. 

If my boss told me to tone down my views (something that's never happened), 
I'd argue with him.  After short arguments, people usually leave me alone.  My 
mouth intimidates them.  (My mouth not my breath.)

DCF

  
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