[93042] in Cypherpunks
Re: cypherpunks and guns
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kent Crispin)
Sun Jan 11 22:37:20 1998
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 19:13:17 -0800
From: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <19980111.045850.4894.3.Lord_Buttmonkey@juno.com>; from Matthew L Bennett on Sun, Jan 11, 1998 at 03:34:58AM -0500
Reply-To: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
On Sun, Jan 11, 1998 at 03:34:58AM -0500, Matthew L Bennett wrote:
> >If we have to resort to physical violence,
> >we've
> >already lost!
>
> No, we wouldn't. If we had to resort to physical violence against a
> government, than it needs it, you shouldn't need to do that if the
> Constitution is in effect. Otherwise...
>
> >Think about it: if we can defend ourselves with guns, why would we
> >need
> >crypto?
>
> Because holding up a PGP disk will not save your life if a
> robber/looter/IRS Agent breaks into your house.
Reread the question.
--
Kent Crispin, PAB Chair "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
