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		programmarchy on March 12, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Are We Fighting the Crypto Wars Again? Yup, whenever it threatens the power of the priesthood / bureaucracy. The Roman Catholic Inquisition condemning Galileo for heliocentrism comes to mind.

drdeca on March 12, 2016 [–]

Recently I heard that this was more based on /how/ he went about talking about it, more than just that he claimed it.

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