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1997-01-04 - Re: [NOISE] Re: Timmy’s Lost It: [Was Extremism in the defense of lib

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From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Message ID: <Tyo1ZD36w165w@bwalk.dm.com>
Reply To: <Pine.3.89.9701031202.A28155-0100000@netcom9>
UTC Datetime: 1997-01-04 18:00:29 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 10:00:29 -0800 (PST)

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From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 10:00:29 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: [NOISE] Re: Timmy's Lost It: [Was Extremism in the defense of lib
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Alan Bostick <abostick@netcom.com> writes:

> On Fri, 3 Jan 1997, Timothy C. May wrote:
>
> >
> > It's always sad to see another sometimes-reasonable (though sometimes
> > foaming) writer go down the Detweiler-Vulis route, e.g., by making his
> > arguments hinge on calling me "Timmy" (what _is_ it with this nickname that
> > makes it so damned attractive to Vulis, Vlad, and Attila?).
>
> It's a meme, both self-perpetuating *and* spontaneously generating.  The
> antagonist, in the passion of the moment, doesn't hit the space, shift,
> or 'A' keys while typing fast.  Other people, insensed by the post, respond
> in kind, and so forth.

Does Timmy's middle initial (C.) _really stand for Cunt?

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