[82215] in Cypherpunks
Re: CDT Policy Post 3.08 - Senate Committee Approves Key Crypto Bill
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (lucifer Anonymous Remailer)
Sat Jun 21 22:55:22 1997
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 22:17:23 -0400
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: lucifer@dhp.com (lucifer Anonymous Remailer)
Reply-To: lucifer@dhp.com (lucifer Anonymous Remailer)
Kent Crispin wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 20, 1997 at 04:50:16PM -0700, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> > Statements similar to yours have been made so many times, scolding
> > "extremists" for "not being realistic." I seem to remember something about
> > extremism in defense of liberty being no vice, and moderation no virtue.
> > Either way, if you compromise, you don't get what you want. That is
> > absolutely obvious. So why compromise?
>
> Because half a million dollars is better than no dollars? Because in
> real life the vast majority of choices are not binary?
"Give me half my freedom, or hurt me bad."
- Negotiator Crispin
> The real question is: What is the most *effective* way for achieving
> your ends.
"Give me compromise, or I will give you death."
- Prosecutor Crispin
Wasn't someone named Crispin one of the original signers of
the "Declaration of Wishing We Weren't Oppressed"?
Half-TruthMonger
