So - imo it's not too hard to understand what's going on. First - John isn't insane. Second - read again the first statement. I think you have to re-read his post and try to understand the underlining context. Try - and try again! All the best --Michael On 06.12.2012 05:09 Ted Smith <tedks@riseup.net>:
On Wed, 2012-12-05 at 20:04 -0800, Greg Broiles wrote:
On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 7:44 PM, Cincinnatus <cincinnatus@lavabit.com> wrote: Everyone respects John for what he does, but it's clear the cheese has slipped further off his cracker in the last couple years. It's saddening.
While I imagine John appreciates the plausible deniability provided by the possibility of mental illness or declining faculties (cf. Uncle Junior), I think you're failing to appreciate the opportunity here to watch a master at work. It's all part of the show, right? John understands the long game (long con?) better than most.
Well, there are the following options:
* John plays at level 0: he is insane * John plays at level 1: he is sane, pretending to be insane, and we are deceived by this (in this world, you play at level 2, Greg)
But it's also possible for a mask to lie beneath the mask, for him to be insane pretending to be sane pretending to be insane. And so on and so forth all the way down the rabbit hole.
I'm sure if we asked him what level he played at, he'd only respond "one level higher than you."
It's definitely a great show.
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