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This feels like Detweiler spoofing again. Anyone else get that
feeling?
Perry
[email protected] says:
> As for the `Szabo being a tentacle thread' in the newsgroups, pmetzger
> just posted stating that he had indeed posted the name of
> the town Szabo lives in, as well as the names of his roommates. He refrained
> from posting that information again. I seem to vaguely recall seeing the
> original post, but can't find it in the buffers here -- everything before
> December 21st or so has expired.
>
> the thing that ROYALLY PISSES ME OFF is that NOONE WHO HEARD
> PMETZGER CLAIM THIS has POSTED TO SAY THAT THEY HEARD HIM SAY THAT.
> reminds me of the infamous rape and murder of that NY woman, with
> dozens of witnesses hearing her screams, just going about their
> business. who will be raped next? and who will be silent? everyone who
> is watching my thread, and being silent about what they know, is a
> hypocrite and a dangerous accomplice to lies.
>
> I guess that's a bit overstated. I suspect people in most major metropolitan
> areas don't want to get involved partially because they fear retribution, and
> partially because, with that many people packed together, you tend to care
> less about your neighbors than you would in a small town, where you know the
> people in your building or street. I suspect people on the net don't bother
> because "it's just bits" -- they read the Net like they watch TV, without any
> connection to the characters or dramas unfolding before them. In large part,
> what is said here doesn't really matter. People get curious, but it's not
> worth getting into an uproar.
>
> if YOU GIVE A DAMN, POST!
>
> Ah, there's the rub. Deep down, I really don't care about this particular
> issue. To my knowledge, Nick Szabo, whether real or not, has never said
> anything that has made me even care whether or not he has real. I've never
> found anything he's said particularly interesting. He's a net.person. Shoul
d
> he turn out to be a "tentacle," that's fine by me -- he won't be the first
> I've encountered. If he turns out to be T.C.May in disguise, all that means
> is that there's one less person with T.C.May's ideas in the world than people
> thought.
>
> I think that uncaring attitude, which I regard as fairly dominant among peopl
e
> who've used cyberspace (and especially Usenet) a good amount of time, is the
> very reason that May's ideas about widespread crypto bringing down government
s
> will never come to pass. People have, and I believe will continue to have, a
> distrust about putting much faith into computers, and thus cyberspace will
> always have limitations. I believe people put a great deal of stock in the
> feel of a crisp paper dollar bill, as well as a smile and a handshake. :-)
>
> Perhaps to add more fuel to the fire, a Nicholas Szabo does indeed live in
> Cupertino, according to a 1990-1991 White Pages from the area. There is no
> G.Dale listed, however. (I was hoping to correlate the two numbers) I
> suspect that I need a more recent phone book to make a better test.
>
>
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