[118054] in Cypherpunks
Re: Ah. That's more like it...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Sat Sep 18 10:30:19 1999
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To: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
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At 4:10 PM -0700 on 9/17/99, Bill Stewart wrote:
> Embarrassing? I thought you were just trying to make the point that
> they were using the same "We're Liberalizing This For You" rhetoric
> last year that they're using now, and therefore we shouldn't be surprised
> if this year's liberalization is no more real than last year's....
Nope. To paraphrase Pournelle, never attribute to conspiracy that
which can be explained by mere accidental irony.
> I suppose it's possible that you're not that cynical, but it's unlikely :-)
Moi? ;-)
Cheers,
RAH
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