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- From: gardner@convex.com (Steve Gardner)
- Subject: Re: Limits on the Use of Cryptography?
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- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.191840.23900@news.eng.convex.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 19:18:40 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov13.091553.51@nsrvan.vanc.wa.us> sysevm@nsrvan.vanc.wa.us writes:
- >Some kind of an intelectual game not the deeply insightfull
- >modde of thought that is required for this issue. (see my next followup for
- >more details)
- You seem to confuse rational thought with intellectual games.
- You also seem to confuse emotion with insight.
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- >No, it does not mean that. It means to look at the real arguments. It
- >means that you would have a differient viewpoint if you were looking at this
- >as a father instead of as an intellectual game.
- But I AM a father. I am also a citizen. You could use your
- irrational, emotional arguments to justify any atrocity you wanted.
- All you have to say is: "I'm a father, certain kinds of individuals
- are dangerous to my children, therefore this constitution shit
- is for the birds. We can't affort it. The price in the blood
- of the innocents is too high."
-
- Sadly, all too many people are dangerously susceptible
- to totally specious arguments based on emotion. That's why
- mobs and witch hunts and mass hysterias happen. Until people
- can discipline themselves to avoid hysteria we are likely to be
- troubled by dictators and despots. The most effective of
- which know how to manipulate people who can't control their
- emotions long enough to have a rational thought.
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- smg
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