[91668] in Cypherpunks
Re: Cato forum tomorrow: should money laundering be a crime?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Schear)
Tue Dec 9 20:08:23 1997
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Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 10:44:05 -0800
To: Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to>
From: Steve Schear <schear@lvdi.net>
Cc: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Reply-To: Steve Schear <schear@lvdi.net>
Thanks Lucky, I wasn't aware of that ;-)
At 9:52 AM +0100 12/9/1997, Lucky Green wrote:
>On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, Steve Schear wrote:
>>
>> Isn't uttering a check protected speech? What about if a check is stego-coded in some political rant? Can the Feds insist I not utter that speech?
>
>The feds can do anything they want. If it pleases them to put a bullet
>through your head, or that of you wife, they can do so at their leisure.
>Without any fear of future consequences. Just ask Randy Weaver. Or his
>wife. Never mind. You can't ask his wife. She received a bullet.
>
>If the feds can *kill* you for any reason or no reason at all, they
>certainly can throw you into the slammer for whatever you may choose to
>utter.
>
>-- Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to> PGP v5 encrypted email preferred.
> "Tonga? Where the hell is Tonga? They have Cypherpunks there?"
