----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony G. Atkielski" <anthony(_at_)atkielski(_dot_)com>
Date: Sunday, April 3, 2005 6:21 pm
Subject: Re: french crypto regulations relating to personal encryption
usage by visitors?
Unfortunately, many societies operate in just that way: there is a
hugedifference between the letter of the law and enforcement. And
the law
itself is so restrictive that nobody can actually obey it in real
life.So everyone is effectively violating it to some effect, which
means that
the government (and its representatives) can selectively enforce it
against anyone who displeases it, while allowing the majority to
violatethe law without consequences.
This principle of selective enforcement allows a government to
control a
population far more effectively than mere laws alone. Virtually all
countries engage in it to some extent, but it is far worse in some
countries than in others. For example, it's much worse in France than
it is in the United States.
The general principle is to make sure that everyone is somehow doing
something illegal, so that anyone can be arrested and thrown in
jail if
it becomes convenient to do so. The laws are designed to guarantee
thatnobody can fully obey them, and selective enforcement keeps
the masses
from complaining about them (most people equate non-enforcement
with the
absence of a law in the first place, even though they are two very
different things).
--
Anthony
So..., if it is true, it means that virtually all countrieas are
abusing their power?
What would you suggest to survive in such a condition?
Regards,
Benny
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