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In article <1993Jan7.230612.12564@netcom.com>, strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:

> Many years ago (in 1970-72) I worked for the U.S. Secretary of Commerce...

> Let's pursue this discussion in a collegial, not an adversarial way.

How can a victim of nationalism be collegial with one who so self-
righteously endorses his nation's arbitrary interference into the
peaceful activities of unaffiliated third parties, such as non-
nationals who would trade in encryption software?  I'm afraid that
your time inside the beltway has blinded you to the fact that your
``democratically elected Congress'' institutes a tyranny of the
majority which is inconsistent with personal freedom and civility
and even with the ostensible principles of your government.

See my letter in Communications of the ACM, 1992 April, for
amplification on these points.

 |  Voting in government elections, or petitioning government, or willfully  |
 |  accepting government ``benefits'' when it's feasibly avoidable (thereby  |
 |  generating demand for taxation), accelerate the supplanting of personal  |
 |  choice by collective dictate,  making these most serious crimes against  |
 |  humanity.  ---John E. Kreznar, jkreznar@ininx.com, uunet!ininx!jkreznar  |

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        Relations among people to be by mutual consent, or not at all.
         ---John E. Kreznar, jkreznar@ininx.com, uunet!ininx!jkreznar