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TSOS@uni-duesseldorf.de (Detlef Lannert) writes:
> >>The major difference between guns and cars are that licensing and 
> >>registration have not been suggested as a way to reduce the 
> >>numbers of cars in private hands.  This has been said a number of 
> >>times for guns. [...]
> 
> I'm afraid that the comparison of cryptographic key registration to 
> the registration of cars and guns can be misleading.

in some aspects, yes.

> Possessing (and using) a car or a gun is a privilege and can 
> infringe on other people's rights. 

this isn't entirely true. at least in the US, possession of arms is
a -right-.

> Free communication, however, is IMHO not a dangerous device at all, 
> and therefore I don't see why it should be controlled by the 
> authorities.

there's the rub. while communication isn't dangerous to you or me,
it's a great threat to authoritarian governments.

> Please don't engage in (albeit interesting) discussions about the
> registration of guns, cars, planes, or what-have-you, thereby 
> creating false analogies and opening up new wealths of arguments 
> for the pro key registration lobby.

..which are just as fallacious as the ones they've been using
for registration of "guns, cars, planes, or what-have-you".

jason

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