Re: Race Bit: C

>At 02:47 AM 9/4/96 -0700, Timothy C. May wrote:
>>At 3:02 AM 9/4/96, James A. Donald wrote:
>>>At 10:33 PM 9/3/96 -0800, jim bell wrote:

<...>

[I am unsure just *who* wrote:]

>>As the recent discussion of knives, switchblades, and throwing stars
>>showed, such ambiguous laws are often used to keep the coloreds down.

Gunlaws and druglaws have deep roots in racism, but it is politically
incorrect to say, even if I can find it in the congressional record.
[and I can.]

But then it was certainly Jim Bell who wrote:

>Perhaps the most ominous part of making "use of encryption to thwart an 
>investigation" illegal is _not_ that remailer operators might be prosecuted, 
>but that they might NOT be prosecuted in a deal where (in exchange for not 
>being prosecuted) they continue to operate the remailer, "cracked" or 
>sabotaged so that they share all the info with the cops.  While even that 
>won't make chained remailers totally useless, eventually suspicions of such 
>a crack will surface, which will help sabotage the credibility of all >remailers, not just the ones that have been "stung."  

If someone tried a scheme involving violence such as A. P. through
a remailer I was involved in, the feds would not have to threaten me
with prosecution to get me to cooperate with them. I may not keep any
logs right now, Jim, but if your little scheme gets underway I will
cooperate willingly as long as I don't compromise the privacy of non-
violent people such as drug users & sellers. For them, I would go to
jail; for you, I would even cooperate with the BATF (which should be
defunded 100%, IMO). Violence begats violence which begats even larger
government, don't start us on that road -- leave me in peace.

On Thu, 5 Sep 1996, Anonymous wrote:

> defunded 100%, IMO). Violence begats violence which begats even larger
> government, don't start us on that road -- leave me in peace.

	If I understand you correctly, it is OK for a government to
	institute violence against the residents of the land it claims
	dominion over, but it is not acceptable for the inhabitants of
	that piece of land to respond in self defence.

        xan

        jonathon
        grafolog@netcom.com



	However, if you're tired of the Lesser of N evils, 
	Cthulu's export policy is that you can't escape 
	anyway, and your puny mortal lives will be absorbed 
	along with his morning coffee.  Your encryption 
	technology is futile against the Elder Gods, and the 
	arcane formulas in the Cyphernomicon of that mad 
	physicist Tim The Enchanter may summon spirits from 
	the vasty deep, but no secrets are safe from 
	Nyarla-S-Ahothep who knows all and sees all.
				Bill Stewart