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1997-07-20 - Re: Keepers of the keys

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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@pathfinder.com>
To: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
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Reply To: <19970719074314.59778@bywater.songbird.com>
UTC Datetime: 1997-07-20 18:57:50 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 02:57:50 +0800

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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@pathfinder.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 02:57:50 +0800
To: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
Subject: Re: Keepers of the keys
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"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." --Samuel Johnson

Often those who speak of patriotism wield the term as a thunderbolt to
head off criticism of their plans. "It is unpatriotic to oppose the
CDA, mandatory key escrow." It is indeed the last refuge of a scoundrel
when used as an excuse to violate civil liberties.

I suspect that's not what Tim was doing below.

-Declan



On Sat, 19 Jul 1997, Kent Crispin wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 18, 1997 at 10:10:37PM -0700, Tim May wrote:
> [usual rant deleted]
> > 
> > Kill the key grabbers and all those who support them. Isn't it exactly what
> > Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, and the others would have argued?
> 
> Amazing.  Patriotism -- the last refuge of the scoundrel.
> 
> However, Patric Henry said something like "Give me liberty or give me
> death." That is really very different from "Kill everyone who opposes
> me and all their supporters." Tim doesn't seem to understand this
> nuance. 
> 
> -- 
> Kent Crispin				"No reason to get excited",
> kent@songbird.com			the thief he kindly spoke...
> PGP fingerprint:   B1 8B 72 ED 55 21 5E 44  61 F4 58 0F 72 10 65 55
> http://songbird.com/kent/pgp_key.html
> 
>

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