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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (owner-cypherpunks@toad.com)
Sat Feb 10 03:00:10 1996
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 02:59:15 -0500 (EST)
From: owner-cypherpunks@toad.com
Apparently-To: <cypherpunks-local@MIT.EDU>
>We ought to speak out against this Chineese net, and start asking
>questions about Western companies that are collaborating in its
>construction.
*definitely*!
>We ought to allow the free export of any crypto tools to any country for
>any reason.
No! You have no duty to promote an entity that actively acts against your
fundamental principles
>But if there are going to be any restrictions at all, it
>ought to be on tools used for anti-democratic controls.
The essence of the measure, or guideline stated in your previous paragraph
is to protect freedom and the individual. Therefore, we must *personnally* put
try to act in a way compatible with our basic view of how life should really be.
