From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
To: Sean Roach <roach_s@alph.swosu.edu>
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UTC Datetime: 1997-01-30 08:11:53 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 00:11:53 -0800 (PST)
From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 00:11:53 -0800 (PST)
To: Sean Roach <roach_s@alph.swosu.edu>
Subject: Re: Fighting the cybercensor
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Sean Roach wrote:
> At 08:15 PM 1/28/97 -0800, Steve Schear wrote:
> >I think a hole in your thinking is to assume that the assasins have no
> >motive other than financial gain. I would submit that there are those that
> >have the skills, training and a political agenda coherent with the
> >wagerers, lacking only the financial incentive to make the risks
> >acceptable. These wetworkers won't consider accepting the bribe of the
> >rich/powerful
> This may be true, but the example was to show how easy a defensive line
> could be thrown up around the powerful. For example, conventional body
> guards could be included, ones with no real pay but with the fore knowledge
> that they will be buried with the tyrant. These body guards could be ten
> children out of each local village. Merely a human shield.
[snippo]
In Prizzi's Honor, Nicholson sez "If you try to hide in a submarine on
the bottom of the ocean, we will find you". But it's not even that
difficult. Lob a missile into the place and blow it up. Earth
penetrators are getting better too, for the Sadaam types. And
there's a zillion more. Does this "rich person" really want to
spend his/her life living in a sealed tomb?
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