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1997-07-19 - Re: Keepers of the keys

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From: Marshall Clow <mclow@owl.csusm.edu>
To: Kent Crispin <cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1997-07-19 16:00:47 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 00:00:47 +0800

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From: Marshall Clow <mclow@owl.csusm.edu>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 00:00:47 +0800
To: Kent Crispin <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Keepers of the keys
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At 7:43 AM -0700 7/19/97, 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.
>
I think Tim is thinking of:

	"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time,
	 with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

which, of course, was written by Jefferson.

-- Marshall

Marshall Clow     Aladdin Systems   <mailto:mclow@mailhost2.csusm.edu>

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