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Re: "Cypherpunk" vs. "Cryptorebel"

To: "Robert A. Hayden" <[email protected]>, Cypherpunks Mailing List <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: "Cypherpunk" vs. "Cryptorebel"
From: [email protected] (Robert Hettinga)
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 1994 21:40:40 -0500
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At  8:26 PM 7/6/94 +0100, Robert A. Hayden wrote:

[snippeta, snippeta]

>Cypher was an interesting play on words to describe this fight.
>
>Somehow, it seems far more appropriate than 'cryptorebel', which sounds a
>whole lot like new-age PC crap designed to make us sound more appetizing
>to the popular media.

Yeah. What he said.  "Cryptorebel" reminds me of "cryptofascist", which
reminds me of "Myra Breckenridge", for some reason.   ":-o

Bob

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