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1997-11-15 - Re: Tim May’s offensive racism (was: about RC4)

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From: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Message Hash: 4b8c0e87c4edf5856366bb7682ff06fee08f7b22e4a90cea85a426907632d5d2
Message ID: <19971114235753.18387@songbird.com>
Reply To: <42ca13f9d34086b1b366bbfe8ab5e9da@anon.efga.org>
UTC Datetime: 1997-11-15 08:05:51 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 16:05:51 +0800

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From: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 16:05:51 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: Tim May's offensive racism (was: about RC4)
In-Reply-To: <42ca13f9d34086b1b366bbfe8ab5e9da@anon.efga.org>
Message-ID: <19971114235753.18387@songbird.com>
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On Fri, Nov 14, 1997 at 02:17:12PM +0000, Paul Bradley wrote:
> 
> > This illustrates what a liability the poster has become to the cypherpunks.
> > The group is becoming just another militia front, identified with racism
> > and white supremacy, applauding violent murder of government agents,
> > one step from applauding the Oklahoma killings.  Its original purpose
> > all but forgotten, the list has died, poisoned by the hatred flowing from
> > its leader.
> 
> At the risk of responding to a post which has a good probability of being 
> a troll I will at least say that the above opinion may be that of several 
> members, but the fact is the list has evolved, it never had an original 
> defined purpose, at least not one easily put into words, and applauding 
> murder of government agents is a part of the whole strong crypto privacy 
> and liberty ethic.

Bullshit.  Applauding murder has nothing to do with strong crypto 
privacy or liberty.

> As for white supremacy, look elsewhere, I think you`ll 
> find Tim`s post an example of what the developed world knows as humour, 
> not a serious attack on any ethnic group.

Tim's post is an example of what the RACIST world knows as humor, 
Paul.  Racism isn't an intellectual phenomenon, it is a gut 
phenomenon.  Frequently it manifests itself in humor.

-- 
Kent Crispin				"No reason to get excited",
kent@songbird.com			the thief he kindly spoke...
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