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1997-11-30 - Re: If you fought to defend your country…

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From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
To: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
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Raw Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 15:22:03 +0800

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From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 15:22:03 +0800
To: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
Subject: Re: If you fought to defend your country...
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At 3:33 PM -0700 11/29/97, TruthMonger wrote:
>...you fit the 'profile' of the OKC bomber.
>
>Be afraid...be very afraid.

Or tell them to fuck off.

I was stopped by the storm troopers on the Stanford University campus for
this reason--"you fit the profile"--and asked to let them inspect my
briefcase and jacket pockets. I stood my ground and said "No."

Of course, Stanford being private property, they escorted me off the campus.

(However, it was Stanford Sheriffs, representing the (alleged) city of
Stanford, CA, who did the stop-and-escort-off routine, so one wonders about
the lines being blurred between private and governmental functions.)

As computers proliferate, "fitting the profile" is becoming the de facto
way to stop any suspicious persons, or others they want to harass.

--Tim May

The Feds have shown their hand: they want a ban on domestic cryptography
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