[109772] in Cypherpunks
Re: $277.25 for a tissue (Re: CJ Docs)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim May)
Sat Apr 3 23:02:41 1999
In-Reply-To:
<Pine.BSF.4.02.9904031754580.25886-100000@ideath.parrhesia.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 19:44:35 -0800
To: Greg Broiles <gbroiles@netbox.com>, Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Cc: jya@pipeline.com, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Reply-To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
At 5:56 PM -0800 4/3/99, Greg Broiles wrote:
>On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Adam Back wrote:
>
>> So, if I get this right, it cost the government $277.25 for a tissue
>> to rub the spittle out of IRS Inspector Bruce Mason's eye.
>
>I bet that boils down to $277.25 for an emergency room visit + blood or
>saliva testing to make sure CJ and/or Mason didn't have any communicable
>diseases.
I'll make the same bet. I had even composed a message about HIV testing,
but deleted it. So many "advocates" start foaming when any mention of HIV
is made, and start recounting how it's a myth that HIV is spread by saliva
or whatever...
Whether the testing was specfically for HIV or not, I expect that it's de
rigeur for both the spitter and the spittee to be tested when someone
sprays saliva into the face of another.
Toto, you're not in San Francisco anymore.
--Tim May
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