Whew! The dangers of posting to Usenet

[anonymous@extropia.wimsey.com]

tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May) wrote:

> What's of ObList relevance is that many of them seem oblivous to the
> fact that their posts are readable by the world....see the one below
> and you'll see why I don't think Ms. Yamada knows her post to her
> "sisters and brothers" is actually readable by us all. My hunch is
> that a lot of newcomers have just gotten on the Net and are unclear on
> the concepts.

> I could be wrong. Maybe her account at Mindvox is a cut-out. Maybe she
> knows but doesn't care. Judge for yourself:

[most of quoted message edited out]

>       also, Jerry Wade has turned La Plaza into a cesspool and the 
>       11th street squat burned down completely and the flotsam are
>       now living in La Plaza. It is noisy, dirty, hard-drug ridden,
>       and Jerry is dealing dust outta there with abandon.

Naive posting ... or .... maybe, just maybe, a clever use of steganography?

BTW, what's a "cut-out"?  I could probably guess at the meaning, but that's
the first time I've heard that term used.