[81515] in Cypherpunks
Re: WSJ on Money Laundering
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Tue Jun 10 00:05:12 1997
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970609133806.19311E-100000@linda.teleport.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 23:04:46 -0400
To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
Reply-To: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
At 4:42 pm -0400 on 6/9/97, Alan wrote:
> In fact, the article points out that just about
> any monetary transaction can be declared money laundering. (And get
> upheld in court!)
Yeaaaah... Ain't fungibility a bitch?
Well, folks, about 30 years we sowed a crop of inumeracy in our school
system, and now it's time to reap the harvest.
Cheers,
Bob Hettinga
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