From: “Edwin E. Smith” <edsmith@IntNet.net>
To: Xcott Craver <caj@math.niu.edu>
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UTC Datetime: 1998-05-05 01:25:34 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 18:25:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Edwin E. Smith" <edsmith@IntNet.net>
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 18:25:34 -0700 (PDT)
To: Xcott Craver <caj@math.niu.edu>
Subject: Re: A new Swiss banking novel
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At 06:11 PM 5/4/98 -0500, you wrote:
> I advise crypto proponents to halt any analogy-making to
>firearms, for this reason. Nothing against guns, of course; but to
gain
>acceptance crypto cannot be dropped in the same conceptual bin as
guns.
>
> -Xcott
I agree completely. While I support the right to own guns (and nukes)
by anyone, guns can be used both ofensively and defensevely while
crypto can only be used defensevely.
That is unless you put PGP on a stack of diskettes, glue them
together and whack somebody with them.
Edwin
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