🚀 go-pugleaf

Jonathan R Barnett (jbarnett@inferno.WPI.EDU) wrote:
: >>>>> "John" == John Cooley <jcooley@world.std.com> writes:
: In article <DABqxD.xz@world.std.com> jcooley@world.std.com (John Cooley) writes:

: John> What is this big deal with massive PGP signatures on trivial
: John> posts?  Who the hell cares if Travis Corcoran thinks that New
: John> England is run by leftists?  (No offence to you Travis.  It's
: John> just that I don't think you're going to get the police knocking
: John> at your door asking: "Did you post this?" with you saying: "Uh.
: John> Officer....  Let's check the PGP....  Uh....")

: John> I could understand if this was something truely serious, but
: John> cluttering up posts with PGP signature THAT NOBODY'S EVER GOING
: John> TO CHECK does seem like a massive waste of time & visual space.

: On the other hand, I think it may be worth getting into the habit.
: The way the Republican run Congress is going, we all should start
: thinking a bit more about protecting our privacy and staving off the
: thought police.  I am waiting for the bill of rights to disappear in
: the near future. 

: How sad.

And I feel the same way - that we should get in the habit - because the
way the Clinton administration fears encryption, privacy, and the people,
they're going to render encryption illegal any moment now.  I don't fear
the Republicans nearly as much - more of them follow the Constitution,
as shown by the ratio of Dems vs. Republicans supporting gun bans.


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