He stopped for a moment, took a deep breath, and seemed to stir awake; 
when he spoke again, it was in a clearer and stronger voice. "Of course, it 
can't be allowed—the Feed is
not a system of control and oppression, as CryptNet would maintain. It is the 
only way order can be maintained in modern society—if everyone possessed 
a Seed, anyone could produce weapons whose destructive power rivalled that of 
Elizabethan nuclear weapons. This is why Protocol Enforcement takes such a dim 
view of CryptNet's activities."