On Monday, February 11, 2002, at 09:50 PM, Nomen Nescio wrote:
(Yes, I'm a few days behind in my mail).
> The ominous trend here is increased docility. The state cannot afford to
> acknowledge that there is no defense from attacks by people who are ready
> to sacrifice their lives. That makes state weak and unfit.
Crap. There are plenty of defenses against idiots who are willing to
sacrifice their lives.
There are few defenses against *intelligent* people willing to
sacrifice their lives.
>
> Odd as it may seem, several more real attacks would probably make the air
> travel go back to normal - the absurdity of current make-believe would
> come into the spotlight. The anti-
No, it wouldn't. We live in a mad world, all "several more real
attacks" would do is get everyone to the point where they'd be willing to
wear state-issued paper jammies while they flew.
--
Crypto is about a helluva lot more than just PGP and RSA...it's about
building the I-beams and sheetrock that will allow robust structures to be
built, it's about the railroad lines and power lines that will connect the
structures, and it's about creating Galt's Gulch in cyberspace, where it
belongs.--Tim May
