[81983] in Cypherpunks
Re: Declan as a Crime Beat Reporter
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vladimir Z. Nuri)
Wed Jun 18 01:01:34 1997
To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Cc: cypherpunks@algebra.com, vznuri@netcom.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 17 Jun 97 11:43:01 PDT."
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Date: Tue, 17 Jun 97 20:34:10 -0700
From: "Vladimir Z. Nuri" <vznuri@netcom.com>
Reply-To: "Vladimir Z. Nuri" <vznuri@netcom.com>
[declan]
>Another way of viewing the Washington reporter problem is to view him as a
>Hollywood reporter, sort of an Army Archerd character "doing lunch" at
>Chasen's and The Brown Derby, not to mention doing lines at the Viper Club.
>
>But a more accurate comparison is to crime beat reporters, those scribblers
>who hang out at the Mafia watering holes and social clubs (when they're
>allowed in, to spin a story in a favorable way), reporting on the turf
>battles between the rival factions, and leaking out rumors of who's
>planning to make a move on Vinnie Bones.
ah, so lets see, given your strange fascination with the mafia and
mafia-like ventures such as Blacknet and anonymous digital-cash
funded cyberspace assassination, that would make you a prime
Declan follower and admirer.
>One more day in the life of Declan McCullagh, Washington Crime Family Reporter
hee, hee, I hope that Declan comes up with an amusing mishmash of your
own life. turnabout is fair play. maybe if he doesn't, someone else
can take a stab at satirizing mr. debauched millionaire playboy
who dabbles in cryptography theory.
