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Man the war against oppression / totalitarianism never ends. Back in 1994 when David Letterman's top-ten lists were still a thing and funny, before instant mak
by njharman 11y ago
Man the war against oppression / totalitarianism never ends.
Back in 1994 when David Letterman's top-ten lists were still a thing and funny, before instant make a t-shirt websites, I tried to bring attention and defeat the Clipper Chip by printing, selling and eventually giving away "Top 10 reasons to Say No to Clipper" shirts. My 15min of Internet fame (back when that was a saying).
excerpt from usenet post http://archives.scovetta.com/pub/textfiles/digest/cpd/v5_045.txt http://archives.scovetta.com/pub/textfiles/digest/cpd/v5_045...
The front has a "Big Brother Inside" Logo, and a chip with the word "clipper".
The back has the following top-ten list (possibly with changed order or
slight wording/spelling/grammer corrections);
"Top 10 reasons to Say No to Clipper"
#1 "Can't trust Clinton not to read McDonalds recipes for Big Mac secret sauce."
#2 "We all know its just so the FBI can get free phone sex."
#3 "The spies at NSA will get eyestrain reading all of Santa's mail."
#4 "Because a policeman's job is only easy in a Police State."
#5 "The Clipper chip will cause it to be slightly less convenient to plan protests, revolutions, conspiraces, and bake sales."
#6 "The 4th Amendment was a pretty good idea. Read it."
#7 "If the Feds listened to my conversations they would be too bored and sleepy to defend our country."
#8 "Responsibility and Government don't mix. See #10"
#9 "It will get the stupid crooks out of the way for the government sponsored ones."
#10 "If they learn how unhappy we are with the government they might start shutting down BBS's, killing off divergent religious groups, illegalizing art, conducting radioactive tests with us, censoring books, and keeping files on us.
btw #10 is all things US government had done. big bro inside was play on intel inside logo of the era http://erik.co.uk/hackerpix/bigbro.gif http://erik.co.uk/hackerpix/bigbro.gif
- mrupvote 11y agothis is crazy :))