🚀 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.
 Yep, as we all know, the Republicans are out there to totally destroy
PGP and the like. All they want to do is be Big brother. They all have
Orwell's 1984 and treat it like the bible. Let's face it, there are people
in both parties looking to make gov't snooping easier. It's not the
evil Republican vs. the heroic Democrat nor vice-versa. I am sick of
blaming/arguing/impeding the other party regardless of issue, but on
party affiliation. 
Saying that, the public PGP key is sent so that if you want to mail this
guy a private letter, you can do so. It's irrelevant of what he is posting.
 
Sorry about the flame above, but it got me to thinking how one person
called me racist to minorities because I said I was republican.
"I'm Filipino/Indian" I said.
"oh, then you're sexist"
'yeah'
"TM"