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Re: Unicorn vs. tmp@netcom

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Ferguson)
Thu May 26 20:28:09 1994

From: paul@hawksbill.sprintmrn.com (Paul Ferguson)
To: gtoal@an-teallach.com (Graham Toal)
Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 20:26:18 -0500 (EST)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199405270000.BAA11641@an-teallach.com> from "Graham Toal" at May 27, 94 01:00:27 am


gtoal writes -

> 
> Of course, no-one has considered the possibility that the tmp@netcom persona
> was manufactured and played out over time solely in order to boost the
> credibility of the 'uni' persona :-)  [does anyone have any proof that
> *either* of these people exist in real life or that all this flurry of
> pseudo-legal action ever took place???]
> 
> G(in the spirit of Detweiler, since LD isn't around to suggest it himself :-) )
> 

Actually, I find it hard to lend credence to any soap-opera-type-scenarios
of this caliber played out by anonymous personas. 

And I am a staunch supporter of anonymous-based systems, to say the least.

It does, however, give me my recommended daily allowance of chuckles in
the newsgroups.  ,-)

- paul


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