[86841] in Cypherpunks
RE: Because they want to be "players"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jay holovacs)
Fri Sep 19 18:55:12 1997
From: jay holovacs <holovacs@idt.net>
To: fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu, cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 12:40 -0400
Reply-To: jay holovacs <holovacs@idt.net>
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>From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
>To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>; fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu;cypherpunks@toad.com
>Subject: Because they want to be "players"
>Date: Thu, Sep 18, 1997 10:37 PM
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>Yes, SAFE is an evil bill. And anyone who supports the "use a cipher, go to
>prison" language (*) is guilty of a most serious crime.
In NY (as possibly other places), wearing a bullet resistant vest while doing something illegal is itself a crime. While it might be argued that messing around with guns can hurt bystanders, no one was ever injured by a stray bullet resisting vest.
Jay
