[12146] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The Encryption Issue... (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc Hurst)
Fri Sep 5 18:36:07 1997
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 18:19:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: Marc Hurst <mhurst@fastlane.ca>
To: blast <blast@broder.com>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.96.970905114455.4136A-100000@pillbox.broder.com>
Trying to keep the signal to noise ratio down... (too late) - sorry
I did identify myself as being from CANADA, living in CANADA.
I was astonished that I could not get a response via email.
Again, sorry for the noise...
On Fri, 5 Sep 1997, blast wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Sep 1997, Marc Hurst wrote:
>
> > I wrote a note to Senator Hutchison in response to the forwarded posting
> > I saw here on the list.
> > She was quoted as being in support of the archiving of encryption keys to
> > keep children from viewing pornography on the Internet.
> > This was the response I got...
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 10:35:53 -0400
> > From: Senator <Senator@hutchison.senate.gov>
> > To: mhurst@skyscape.net
> > Subject: Rule: Re: The Encryption Issue...
> > Thank you very much for your Internet message to Senator Kay Bailey
> > Hutchison.
> > If you provided your postal mailing address, Senator Hutchison will
> > respond to your comments or concerns by regular mail.
> > Again, thank you for contacting Senator Hutchison via the Internet.
> > ** Office of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX) **
>
> The reason political members ask for a postal mailing address
> is so that they can find out which physical district you represent.
> None of them respond very well without knowing this context.
> Sad, isn't it.
> -blast
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