[90151] in Cypherpunks
Re: Tim May's offensive racism (was: about RC4)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Bradley)
Sun Nov 16 08:12:49 1997
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 12:24:29 +0000 ( )
From: Paul Bradley <paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk>
To: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-Reply-To: <19971114235753.18387@songbird.com>
Reply-To: Paul Bradley <paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk>
> > 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.
Yes it does, if one has a strong moral sense about things like individual
rights and privacy, and the government attempt to deny the people these
rights, the government have commited a great wrong, it is only to be
expected that the natural response is to encourage their removal. I find
it amazing how many people support the punishment of murderers and
kidnappers in society at large, but exempt from this the particular group
of people composing the government.
> > 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.
Oversensitivity, plain and simple, I find some racist jokes funny, I am
not racist.
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