From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 18:23:50 -0700 (PDT)
To: "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net>
Subject: Re: Killing Mr. Wallace of "Savetrees"?
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On Mon, 14 Oct 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:

> It looks like Jim Bell is arranging a contract on Mr. Wallace (apparently
> the operator of "abusebot@savetrees.com," and other obnoxious spambots
> assocated with Cyberpromo).
> 
> At 7:06 PM -0800 10/14/96, jim bell wrote:

> >>So what steps do we need in putting some teeth into this?
> >
> >"You rang, Sir?"
> 
> Careful, Jim, you are coming _very_ close to crossing the line. You appear
> to be volunteering to have Mr. Wallace (and perhaps his family?) killed.
> 
> Arguing theoretical implications of what you call "AP" is substantially
> different from saying "You rang?" when your frequent posts about AP being
> the solution make it clear you are referring to AP here.
> 
> I'm not a lawyer, but this is getting real close to the line. I doubt many
> DAs would take it seriously, but I rather expect Mr. Wallace of
> savetrees.com might discover this message and draw the reasonable inference
> that his life is being threatened.

God I hope so..

> 
> --Tim May
> 
> "The government announcement is disastrous," said Jim Bidzos,.."We warned IBM
> that the National Security Agency would try to twist their technology."
> [NYT, 1996-10-02]
> We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed.
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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