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1997-08-22 - Re: An end to “court appointed attorneys”

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From: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
To: Cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Message Hash: d38d9f4cb9c12a7b2ead0455092e80e57b4b65160fe0e4e13b4618ee412aeb87
Message ID: <19970821224859.24682@bywater.songbird.com>
Reply To: <19970820222934.23073@bywater.songbird.com>
UTC Datetime: 1997-08-22 06:13:21 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 14:13:21 +0800

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From: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 14:13:21 +0800
To: Cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: Re: An end to "court appointed attorneys"
In-Reply-To: <19970820222934.23073@bywater.songbird.com>
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On Fri, Aug 22, 1997 at 12:40:29AM +0000, Vipul Ved Prakash wrote:
> Kent Crispin wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Aug 20, 1997 at 08:51:09PM -0700, Tim May wrote:
> > > At 1:16 PM -0700 8/20/97, Patrick Oonk wrote:
> > > 
> > > But the ability of a herd to take a vote, real or alleged, will not be
> > > sufficient to collect tribute from those who don't want to make the
> > > contribution freely.
> 
> > Note another characteristic of cult thinking -- total separation of
> > the illuminati from the "herd" -- the idea that the "chosen" are
> > irrevocably different from those other unfortunate creatures that
> > accidentally share the same physical form. 
> 
> the idea is that the "competent" (not "chosen") are irrevocably different 
> from those other "incompetent and parasitical" (and not "unfortunate") 
> creatures that accidentally share the same physical form.

And how is it that one knows that one is "competent"?

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