[87987] in Cypherpunks
Re: "Show me an example of terrorists using the Internet or crypto"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (snow)
Fri Oct 10 03:12:50 1997
To: alexlh@yourchoice.nl (Alex Le Heux)
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 00:59:02 -0500 (CDT)
From: "snow" <snow@smoke.suba.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19971001201336.alexlh@sarah.yc> from "Alex Le Heux" at Oct 1, 97 08:13:36 pm
Reply-To: "snow" <snow@smoke.suba.com>
> Maybe you haven't noticed, but seen on 2000 year scales, the entire world
> is constantly in a state of war. Europe isn't special in that regard. Even
> though it doesn't look like there's many countries that are about to take
> war to us here, it still might happen. And even if I had my AR15 then, it
> wouldn't help me a lot against guided missiles and mortar fire. And anyway,
This statement shows you know nothing about warfare execpt what you
see on TV.
> "to defend yourself in a war" is not one of the usual arguments against gun
> control.
No, but "To defend yourself against Government Thugs" is.
> > You must be getting some good drugs over there to conjure up this fantasy
> > land where everyone loves one another and would never think of killing
> > someone because it sure as hell doesn't exist in Europe.
> Well, we're a lot closer to it over here than you guys are over there.
Stalin. Hitler. Bosnia.
Yup. Lots closer.
