[86778] in Cypherpunks
Re: politics aren't all or nothing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Schear)
Thu Sep 18 22:13:51 1997
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.970918145504.29000S-100000@sirius.infonex.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 18:14:49 -0700
To: Mark Hedges <hedges@sirius.infonex.com>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>
Reply-To: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>
>Mostly, I just don't want to get nuked. I don't want the people in
>Washington to get nuked. I don't want to be ostracized because a
>disjointed group I'm associated with has members who support nuking
>political opponents. "Nuke DC" is crap. "Ecash Assassination Politics" is
>crap. The loss of faith in one's ability to convince other people with
>rational discussion is crap. That whole attitude reminds me of the guys in
>early grade school who beat up on me because I was a nerd. I refuse to
>sink to their level.
I agree that Nuking D.C. would be a shame. Think of the Smithsonian and
all those national treasures which would be destroyed.
--Steve
