NODE 8fbdcf82Re: (fwd) Newt says Clipper Chip is Dead
jrochkin@cs.oberlin.edu (Jonathan Rochkind)Mon, 19 Dec 94 18:26:28 PST
At 5:44 PM 12/19/94, James A. Donald wrote:
>On his weekly call-in TV show on National Empowerment Television tonight,
>Newt received a call asking about his opinion on the Clipper Chip, and he
>replied that it was a moot point, in that the Clipper chip concept was
>designed for a condition that no longer exists.
Eh? What condition is that? I don't understand.
What condition used to exist that required the deployment of the Clipper
Chip, that no longer exists?
What was he talking about?
NODE 1ae02b81Re: (fwd) Newt says Clipper Chip is Dead
"James A. Donald" <jamesd@netcom.com>Mon, 19 Dec 94 21:58:20 PST
James A. Donald wrote:
> > On his weekly call-in TV show on National Empowerment Television tonight,
> > Newt received a call asking about his opinion on the Clipper Chip, and he
> > replied that it was a moot point, in that the Clipper chip concept was
> > designed for a condition that no longer exists.
Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
> Eh? What condition is that? I don't understand.
A true politician never has one clear meaning.
My interpretation is that he is saying that the stable door
is open and the horse has already bolted -- that it is now
impossible to prevent people from communicating secretly if
they wish, except by totalitarian measuresB.
He has sometimes said stuff that echoes TCMay -- that the revolution
in communications will transform society and undermine the power
of government.
Of course now that he is on the inside, rather than the outside,
he may change his attitude to this coming revolution.
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