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Re: Minor Language Note

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dalton Gang of One)
Wed Nov 12 22:54:43 1997

Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 14:13:57 -0600
From: Dalton Gang of One <dgo@dev.null>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: Dalton Gang of One <dgo@dev.null>

The persona who is thinking of 'selling out' wrote:
> Tim May wrote:
> >My main point was that James Dalton Bell has already spent nearly 7
> >months in jail, and has yet to even be sentenced.
 
> While it was not Tim's intention to make Jim look like a criminal, the
> use of a defendent's full name is often used to connote criminality.
> 
> Lee Harvey Oswald, John Wilkes Booth, John Wayne Gacy, Richard Milhous
> Nixon, William Jefferson Clinton... there are many examples.
> 
> I propose we call Jim by the name he calls himself: Jim Bell.
> 
> Monty Cantsin

Actually, I prefer 'Chief CypherPunks SpokesPerson'.

James Dalton Bell
Chief CypherPunks Spokesperson
CypherPunks Gang of One - Dalton Chapter



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