Re: Formal apology (RE: Crypto McCarthyism ...thoughts, gentlemen?)

2001-02-11 Thread Alan Olsen
On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote: Since the paper is so flawed, I'm not sure it's worth discussing at length. But, briefly, is crypto as threatening as witches were? Far from it. It -- and its derivative technologies, such as anonymity -- seems to be perceived more as a way to

Re: Formal apology (RE: Crypto McCarthyism ...thoughts, gentlemen?)

2001-02-11 Thread Eric Murray
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 12:35:57AM -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote: Well, that's about as nice an apology as I've ever seen on any list, let alone cypherpunks. Aimee's initial message deserves a response. (BTW there is a real Waco, Texas lawyer named Aimee Farr who is interested in these

RE: Formal apology (RE: Crypto McCarthyism ...thoughts, gentlemen?)

2001-02-11 Thread Tim May
At 5:00 PM -0600 2/11/01, Aimee Farr wrote: Declan said: society has instead adopted and then accepted the Internet. It's difficult to be repulsed by something when you use it to share baby pictures with grandparents. Yes, and we are starting to regulate the hell out of it. Outside of a

Re: Formal apology (RE: Crypto McCarthyism ...thoughts,gentlemen?)

2001-02-10 Thread Tim May
At 10:16 PM -0600 2/10/01, Aimee Farr wrote: Declan, I appreciate your bringing this matter to my attention. My sincere apologies to both you, the cypherpunk community and subscribers. My comments were tongue-in-cheek, a friendly remark regarding Choate's stealth-linkage, and his remarks toward

Re: Formal apology (RE: Crypto McCarthyism ...thoughts, gentlemen?)

2001-02-10 Thread Tim May
At 1:03 AM -0500 2/11/01, Declan McCullagh wrote: At 09:49 PM 2/10/01 -0800, Tim May wrote: Nevertheless, I came across as abrasive and offended members of this forum. _Ladies_ Gentlemen, you have my apologies for both my breach of decorum and disrespect. Such was certainly not my intention. We