From: Ken Williams <jkwilli2@unity.ncsu.edu>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 22:02:47 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: your mail
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On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, holist wrote:

>> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 03:15:07 -0800 (PST)
>> From: holist <holist@mail.matav.hu>
>> To: cypherpunks@toad.com
>> 
>> I only subscribed to this list a few weeks ago. I break my silence in
>> defense of Bernardo B. Terrado, who was viciously attacked by Adam Hupp and
>> then rather more graciously advised by Jim Gillogly.

"viciously attacked" ???  He was begging for warez!  Any self-respecting, 
patriotic Amercian citizen would have reporting him to the IRS for not paying 
his "Warez Tax".  He should be glad that i'm not that person.
 
>> Having read a significant amount of material on the ideological (rather than
>> the technical) background of cypherpunks (Tim May's writings, mainly) it
>> seems to me rather obvious that a relative newcomer to these circles would
>> come to expect to find people who may not be "mannered intellectuals", but
>> who are certainly not erstwhile defenders of intellectual property,
>> particularly asthe concept is applied to software today.

You calling me a "warez pup"?
 
>> I understand that there may be other reasons why it is unwise to post
>> requests for warez on these lists, but moral outrage at the thought of
>> software piracy was not one I expected to read here.

A "pat on the back" and $500 in e-cash instead?
 
>> Especially as I hear nobody complaining about the advertisement for
>> pornography that I receive every two days, regular as clockwork, from the
>> cypherpunks list, not to mention the great deal of other entirely useless,
>> automatically generated advertising.

Are you now complaining about quality free pr0n links???  Where is your 
gratitude?
 
>> Unlike most of you lucky people in the States, I pay through the nose for
>> on-line time.

Yes, CJ is lucky to have the IRS alright.
 
>> Perhaps priorities could do with rethinking.

Tell me about it!  You need some help with yours?
 
>> holist
>> 
>> 

Regards,

Ken Williams

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