On Mon, 18 Aug 2003, Scott McGrath wrote:

> Remember when you go to a library to study rare manuscripts you generally
> need to prove to the curator that you have a legitimate scholarly interest
> in the documents not simply random curiousity.

That's because those old manuscripts are fragile, not because they think
the information should stay secret.

If you want to live in a world where this type of information needs to 
be hidden, go ahead and finish your totalitarian state. The US isn't far
off anyway.

Paul 

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