From: Rich Burroughs <richieb@teleport.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 04:14:45 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Hallam-Baker demands more repudiations or he'll write!
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At 08:33 PM 9/23/96 -0700, tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May) wrote:
>At 2:10 AM 9/24/96, hallam@vesuvius.ai.mit.edu wrote:
>
>>like Markof are somewhat more responsible. This is not going to stop me
>>from producing an op-ed piece linkiing the net libertarians to assasination
>>politics unless I hear a few more repudiations of Bell's ideas. If you
>>don't very clearly reject his murderous ideas you are going to regret it
>>just as the left regreted having the USSR or the RAF associated with them.
>
>I for one don't respond well to extortion threats, so write your damned
article.

Anyone who mistakes the lack of "repudiations" for AP on the list for some
kind of tacit approval is not getting the whole picture, IMHO.  

Is this how journalists do their research nowadays -- "give me some info or
I'll write something really bad about you that you'll regret?"  Cool.  I
guess I thought there might still be some kind of pursuit of the truth
involved.

I personally don't have the time or energy to contribute to the AP threads.
That != approval for the idea.

I hope you include your above quote in your piece.



Rich


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