[83385] in Cypherpunks
Re: HISTORY - pre-CDA, "compromise", untrue civil-liberties groups
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kent Crispin)
Sat Jul 19 11:00:25 1997
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 07:25:18 -0700
From: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
On Fri, Jul 18, 1997 at 07:19:31PM -0700, Declan McCullagh wrote:
[...]
> This goes back to the original debate: pragmatism vs. principle. How do
> you stand on principle and remain an effective advocate in Washington? If
> you navigate the route of pragmatism and compromise, what does that mean
> for civil liberties? Can you avoid compromising them away?
A quote you may find interesting:
"The debate between compromise and principle is a false debate,
because principle doesn't speak, it acts. People don't compromise
their principles -- they simply mis-identify them."
--
Kent Crispin "No reason to get excited",
kent@songbird.com the thief he kindly spoke...
PGP fingerprint: B1 8B 72 ED 55 21 5E 44 61 F4 58 0F 72 10 65 55
http://songbird.com/kent/pgp_key.html
