A much more realistic term would be fascist, which fits both Dubbya and Swinestein. Fascism, of course, is "national socialism" which essentially characterizes both parties, and which, especially in regard to these two, carries the statist authoritarian overtones shown so clearly in their basic characters. Jim Breton wrote: > On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 02:56:00PM -0700, Keith Clayton wrote: > > Maybe just increasingly concerned that our right-wing politicians are > > going to attempt to pass laws restricting crypto further and make it > > easier to intercept and read/listen to electronic communications. In > > fact US senators have already proposed requiring backdoors in crypto for > > law enforcement (senator from NH) as well as allowing for interception > > of net traffic without warrant (Senator Feinstein as one of the > > authors). > > Your characterization of it as a "right-wing" affinity is false. > > For instance, your example of Dianne Feinstein: she is widely known as a > liberal, left-wing politician. > > I'm afraid assholes can exist on both sides. > > Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/ -- Harmon Seaver, MLIS CyberShamanix Work 920-203-9633 hseaver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Home 920-233-5820 hseaver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.cybershamanix.com/resume.html Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
