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Re: Fight, or Roll Over?
On Thu, 13 Jul 1995, Douglas Barnes wrote:
> Since the Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of 1995 might as well
> be called the "Anti-Cypherpunk Act of 1995", I'm surprised to see
> Tim throw in the towel already, when the bill hasn't even made it
> through committee yet.
I don't think Tim threw in the towell on this bill, but has come to
realize that the overall war on privacy cannot be won by concentrating on
the individual battles. We've ALL got to take a deep breath and come up
with a different plan of attack; a plan that the TLAs and spooks will be
unable to defend against. Right now, as long as we're kept busy with
individual bills and initiatives, they have us just where they want us.
____ Robert A. Hayden <=> Cthulhu Matata
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