[67477] in Cypherpunks
Re: NYT Nix GAK [RANT]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dale Thorn)
Sun Oct 6 22:43:04 1996
Date: Sun, 06 Oct 1996 19:12:06 -0700
From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
To: "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin@law.miami.edu>
Cc: cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Oct 1996, Dale Thorn wrote inter alia:
> > Now, for those folks who oppose the personal ownership of firearms, or
> > at least "really dangerous" firearms, I'd like to know exactly what's
> > the difference (in principle) between the above "...high-quality
> > encryption widely available so that the private sector can protect
> > itself from criminal or...", and making firearms widely available?
> The difference is obvious: crypto does not put holes in people.
Excuse me for saying this, but the above simplistic statement is no more
valid than saying "...but I only drove the car, I didn't shoot the bank
teller...", or, "...I only built the plant that made the V2 rockets, I
didn't fire any...", or, "I support my local police (who shoot people
sometimes), but I don't believe in killing.", and so on.
