From: stewarts@ix.netcom.com
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 01:05:28 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: When did Mondex ever claim to be anonymous?
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>>> I don't think spreading false rumours is a good idea - it can discredit
>>> the spreader if anyone bothers to check any details.

>>Disinformation is a time-honoured weapon in political struggle.

Foo.  There's so much totally outrageous stuff the government _does_
that we don't have to go giving them ideas about _more_ things to do.

And ethics aside (:-), bogus rumours get you lumped in with the folks who
think Space Aliens fired that shot from the Grassy Knoll in a plot
to kidnap Elvis.  It's hard enough not to get treated like that
when you're telling the truth, especially about issues where the
government knows it's cheating.


#			Thanks;  Bill
# Bill Stewart, +1-415-442-2215 stewarts@ix.netcom.com
# You can get PGP outside the US at ftp.ox.ac.uk
  Imagine if three million people voted for somebody they _knew_,
  and the politicians had to count them all.