don't earn the cards actually, hurt them usably

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1 total messages Started by edwin Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:33

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Author: edwin
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:33

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War #2  -  Guns
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#   www.gunowners.org
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#   The Police even pointed a machine gun at the
#   head of Mrs. Kuriatnk's six-year-old daughter.

Actually, I think the government says 'because organized crime would use
cryptography'; but criminals with guns is the generalization.

If you were a criminal, would you select cryptography that is 'Key Recovery'
("GAK" Government Access to Keys) compliant?

I don't think so.

    "But we'll catch stupid criminals using GAK crypto!"
    ---Scott Charney, Computer Crime Unit, Department of Justice,
                      at 5/22/97 NYC cryptography conference

And equally stupid Congress members will support that logic.


The subject of law enforcement v. guns brings up a subtopic:

   Burn Baby Burn
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I was watching MSNBC's "Time and Again" with Jane Pauley, and they went over
the Patty Hearst kidnapping by the "Symbionese Liberation Army".

The terrorists kept Ms. Hearst locked in a closet so small she couldn't move.

They would play games with her head, like suddenly dragging her out of the
closet, hold a gun to her head, and sometimes p

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