[65557] in Cypherpunks
Re: The Living and the Dead
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Davis)
Mon Sep 16 13:01:52 1996
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 12:40:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Davis <bdavis@thepoint.net>
To: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Cc: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199609160416.VAA08027@mail.pacifier.com>
On Sun, 15 Sep 1996, jim bell wrote:
> ....
> How would an AP-type system treat Robert McNamara? He'd be dead in a
> second. To those who say, "What good would this do?" I respond: Anyone in
^^^^^^
Kind of kills the betting pool, doesn't it?
EBD
> the American government today who is considering an adventure which MIGHT
> turn into another Vietnam should be deterred by the knowledge that sometime,
> in 30 minutes or 30 years, he could be killed for what he did. Robert
> McNamara, presumably, did what he did because he thought he'd never be
> punished. The best way to deter future governmental abuse is to remind
> these people that they _will_ be punished.
>
> Jim Bell
> jimbell@pacifier.com
>
