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Article #1686Re: Limits on the Use of Cryptography?
From: sysevm
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 17:15
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 17:15
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In article <1992Nov12.221616.18578@news.eng.convex.com>, gardner@convex.com (Steve Gardner) writes: > In article <1992Nov12.121422.49@nsrvan.vanc.wa.us> sysevm@nsrvan.vanc.wa.us writes: >>What would you do to a monster who takes YOUR son/daughter and rapes >>them and beats them and kills them over 3 days. Would you go a buy a gun and >>wait for them to be released 120 days into their cypher charge then BLOW them >>away? > Is there a point here? I'm lost. Are you for or against the > government forcing the registration of PKC keys? > The point is that existing laws do not keep the dangerous off the street for any length of time and therefore your argument for the registration of PKC keys is moot. You are lost because you are thinking in a detached from the problem mode. Some kind of an intelectual game not the deeply insightfull modde of thought that is required for this issue. (see my next followup for more details) > >>Sorry for rambling, This stupid argument just struck too close to home. >>But really, next time you read about some heinous act see your kids as the >>victim then let me know if registering keys is at all important compaired to >>early detection and real jail time for the monsters. > "Struck too close to home". Isn't that just another way of saying: > "I am too emotionally involved here to give a rational answer. > Disregard what I am about to say." ? > > smg No, it does not mean that. It means to look at the real arguments. It means that you would have a differient viewpoint if you were looking at this as a father instead of as an intellectual game.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!clark!nsrvan.vanc.wa.us!sysevm From: sysevm@nsrvan.vanc.wa.us Newsgroups: sci.crypt,alt.privacy,talk.politics.gun Subject: Re: Limits on the Use of Cryptography? Message-ID: <1992Nov13.091553.51@nsrvan.vanc.wa.us> Date: 13 Nov 92 17:15:53 GMT Article-I.D.: nsrvan.1992Nov13.091553.51 References: <1992Nov11.061210.9933@cactus.org> <1992Nov12.121422.49@nsrvan.vanc.wa.us> <1992Nov12.221616.18578@news.eng.convex.com> Organization: National Systems & Research, Vancouver WA Lines: 31