Any time you post to a list of a bunch of people you don't know, you might be posting to a list of a bunch of people you don't like. Reading the archives sometimes helps.This is a good point, and one I attempted to address (very) indirectly a few months back. I hope this may clarify:
There's a major strength to have a list composed of folks with wildly different philosophies, particularly if what might "unite" them might be, for instance, a desire to preserve privacy. Indeed, is it not the duty of us fatherland-loving citizens to preserve a subset of our liberties at home while our boys are off protecting us from the evil ragheads and their hatred of our freedoms? (They're obviously jealous.)
Therefore, I hereby declare that it is the duty of all freedom-loving, patriotic Americans to protect our personal secrets from the terrorists who are listening to our conversations and trying to disrupt our economy by snooping in on our Internet purchases, online banking, and so on.
It is therefore encumbant on us to utilize strong crypto wherever possible, even in the most routine and mundane of transactions. We must also demand that even our naughty file-sharing systems also incorporate heavy crypto, so that terrorists don't even know where to look. (As for those few bad young people who insist on stealing from the Record Companies, shame on you, but we can deal with that after our war is over.) Crypto-phones, or PGP-based Java apps in the next generation of cell phones, will also help confuse and disorient the numberless terrorists that we must assume are listening everywhere, at all times.
Let us no longer bicker about political differences, for those will always exist. We need to unite NOW for the good of God, Country, and our precious freedoms.
My God be with us as we struggle against evil.
Tyler Durden.
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