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1997-06-11 - Re: Untraceable Contract Killings

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From: Secret Squirrel <nobody@secret.squirrel.owl.de>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
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Raw Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 22:57:56 +0800

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From: Secret Squirrel <nobody@secret.squirrel.owl.de>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 22:57:56 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: Untraceable Contract Killings
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Vladimir Z. Nuri wrote:
> TCM
> >Nonsense. The mechanisms for arranging the hit are untraceable. Thus, it
> >hardly matters who the "suspects" are, as nothing is provable. (Assuming no
> >implicating ephemera are left lying around on disk drives....)
> >
> >By the way, this is not really Bell's "assassination politics," this is
> >just anonymous contract killings, known about to some of us since Chaum's
> >work was first published...cf. my own "Crypto Anarchist Manifesto," 1988.
> >
> >I may sound touchy on this issue, but I'm seeing more and more articles
> >here and relayed from outside essentially giving Bell the credit for
> >inventing these kinds of markets, when in fact he's a relative latecomer.
> 
> why be bashful, timmy? go ahead and say it. 
> "I invented the concept of anonymous contract killings via cyberspace, 
> and I'm quite proud of this, and it annoys me when people don't give me 
> proper credit"

And an incredible insight it was, also!  Imagine the mind it took to 
combine the notion of anonymity on the net with contract killings.  
One boggles at the creativity, the depth, the sheer GENIUS.  We 
shouldn't worry too much about his petty desire to be remembered for 
his discoveries.

Of course, Bell did ADD a significant wrinkle, and deserves credit 
for his contributions.  May and Bell.  Names that will be 
remembered.  

TruthMonger

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