--
On 13 Jan 2003 at 12:30, Todd Boyle wrote:
> What *was* your point in redistributing the "nigger killing"
> post from Cypherpunks, in the digital bearer settlement list?
> Does that have something to do with digital cash, or enhance
> your IBUC business somehow? Maybe, increasing traffic by
> being cool and shocking?
Tim May pulled people's legs -- some sucker took it seriously,
so someone decided to pull a little harder to see how much a
sucker would swallow.
The hunting post was obviously a joke, as the final line made
clear. The real joke was that some readers would fail to see
that the first line was a joke, would believe that cypherpunks
really do go hunting black people.
--digsig
James A. Donald
6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG
VZWpdVuMGJXwD+8kUsrx9HO13zFp6hwvFIsezAEw
414DzHlNJd+xhIFwTZwjjprhbh3YCmMrWCkNV4SM5
