[90097] in Cypherpunks
Re: Tim May's offensive racism (was: about RC4)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kent Crispin)
Sat Nov 15 04:03:48 1997
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 23:57:53 -0800
From: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.971114141408.1522C-100000@fatmans.demon.co.uk>; from Paul Bradley on Fri, Nov 14, 1997 at 02:17:12PM +0000
Reply-To: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
On Fri, Nov 14, 1997 at 02:17:12PM +0000, Paul Bradley wrote:
>
> > This illustrates what a liability the poster has become to the cypherpunks.
> > The group is becoming just another militia front, identified with racism
> > and white supremacy, applauding violent murder of government agents,
> > one step from applauding the Oklahoma killings. Its original purpose
> > all but forgotten, the list has died, poisoned by the hatred flowing from
> > its leader.
>
> At the risk of responding to a post which has a good probability of being
> a troll I will at least say that the above opinion may be that of several
> members, but the fact is the list has evolved, it never had an original
> defined purpose, at least not one easily put into words, and applauding
> murder of government agents is a part of the whole strong crypto privacy
> and liberty ethic.
Bullshit. Applauding murder has nothing to do with strong crypto
privacy or liberty.
> As for white supremacy, look elsewhere, I think you`ll
> find Tim`s post an example of what the developed world knows as humour,
> not a serious attack on any ethnic group.
Tim's post is an example of what the RACIST world knows as humor,
Paul. Racism isn't an intellectual phenomenon, it is a gut
phenomenon. Frequently it manifests itself in humor.
--
Kent Crispin "No reason to get excited",
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