On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
Katz has no understanding of the difference between someone (or some bunch) who use a name-password combination called "cypherpunks" with the discussions on the _list_ called cypherpunks.
No he does not. I pointed this out to him in private mail after reading the text of the "rant" at hotwired. He says that he makes the distinction a number of times throughout the article between "the person who logs in internally" from hotwired " and the "cypherpunks mailing group." I replied, "no, Jon, you did not...and I suspect that I am not the only reader of your article who thinks so." I will be most interested in his reply.
His comment, "Cypherpunks don't want real confrontations or discussions, or they would reveal their identities and make it possible to respond, as most flamers do. They are among media's rarest and at the same time most easily recognized subspecies: nihilists." shows the same level of sophistication as someone accusing Bill Clinton of misdeeds because "whitehouse.gov" is used as a name/password for some forum.
Someone this naive (or this disingenous, if he knows better) has no business writing for anything about the Net.
Once again, "Wired" and "HotWired" disgrace themselves.
--Tim May
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