[86988] in Cypherpunks
Re: Biological Warfare
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kent Crispin)
Wed Sep 24 02:31:39 1997
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 22:59:02 -0700
From: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
To: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
In-Reply-To: <v03102801b0460e00485d@[207.167.93.63]>; from Tim May on Wed, Sep 17, 1997 at 03:47:47PM -0700
Reply-To: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
On Wed, Sep 17, 1997 at 03:47:47PM -0700, Tim May wrote:
[...]
>
> While I support your general goals, the idea of releasing Sarin or anthrax
> or other agents near the warrens of the burrowcrats in Washington is likely
> to backfire. Although the rodent extermination might succeed, the rodents
> have a prodigious ability to breed more of themselves. It's not clear that
> calling in the Orkin man to rid the infestation in the Congress will
> accomplish anything.
As I am sure Tim is intelligent enough to realize, this argument also
applies to the "suitcase" option, and all the other fantasies of
righteous violence that float through this list.
--
Kent Crispin "No reason to get excited",
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