--- begin forwarded text Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 09:38:10 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FC: Day 4 of Washington State Cypherpunk Trial Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/19145.html Free Speech on Trial in Tacoma by Declan McCullagh 9:00 a.m. 15.Apr.99.PDT TACOMA, Washington -- Very few Americans like the IRS, especially when April 15 rolls around. But most taxpayers are discreet enough to keep their feelings to themselves, and not mouth off about how nice it would be to see the IRS eliminated. At least, not on an electronic mailing list populated with Treasury Department agents. Carl Johnson, however, is not someone known for his discretion. The gruff, bearded man, an itinerant musician and longtime computer geek, spent much of last year railing online against Bill Gates, various federal officials, and IRS agents. The IRS claims he went too far, crossing the line from hypothetical discussions of violence against "Law Enfarcement Offals" to actual threats. [...remainder snipped...] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology To subscribe: send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text: subscribe politech More information is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
