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> I cant help and think your hope is a bit pollyannish.

See, it's words like pollyannish that we shouldn't be using when engaging the public. Only kidding. But I did need to look that one up. Thanks for making me think about it. I'd say it describes me well.

If you think that is a worthless way to look at the world, then that is my problem right? What skin is it off your back?

Regardless of whether you see good in other people or not, the fact is people can and do learn about things and change their points of view. You can't point to an uninformed mass and say they are incapable of learning. En masse, yeah I agree, we can't flip a switch, but that's the way it should be. People have their own brains and should use them. We just need to present the facts about encryption in a manner that is clear for non-techies. I think there are a lot of ways to do that. If you aren't up for it, that is your decision and I support you in that.




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