On Sun, 31 Mar 1996 JonWienke@aol.com wrote:
My preferred and soon to be permanent e-mail address:unicorn@schloss.li "In fact, had Unicorn not existed, potestas scientiae in usu est Detweiler might not have had to invent him." in nihilum nil posse reverti 00B9289C28DC0E55 E16D5378B81E1C96 - Finger for Current Key Information
Unicorn = Detweiler = Agent Provocateur
Well, I won't say it's impossible. However, for those of you who are relatively new to the list, Mr. Unicorn has been a regular (and useful) contributor to the list. My belief in this has been unwavering. Excepting, of course, the recent Unicorn/Bell flamefest, which we all get sucked into occasionally. My opinion of Mr. Bell on the same issue has varied widely; however, he has participated (in recent times) in more flamewars on the list than anyone, including the usual flamers (ie Perry, me, etc.). It is also interesting to note that Mr. Unicorn talks knowledgably about several fields; Mr. Bell talks about one field, and there are those who would dispute his knowledge about it. I have had an e-mail correspondence with Mr. Bell that lasted several messages. In it, we were both civil and friendly; I post this now not to take sides in the flamewar, but merely to note that, in my opinion, it is improbable that Black Unicorn is Detweiller, and that, although I missed the origin of this thread, it is likely a suggestion from Mr. Bell or one of his associates, intended to discredit him. If Mr. Unicorn is indeed Detweiller, it is in the mold of Vlad Z. Nuri, who (while almost certainly Detweiller) has produced useful contributions on the list, while refraining from acting out. It is also worth noting that the original Detweiller, in a sense, played De Sade to Tim May's Rousseau, in that he used an unorthodox, but effective, critical technique. (This is, in fact, one reading of De Sade's "pornography" -- an interesting counterexample to what was trumpeted on _Both_ sides of the recent Firing Line debate: that pornography or obscenity is, whether or not protected, devoid of any intellectual content.) Jon Lasser (his own tentacle :-) ) ---------- Jon Lasser (410)494-3072 - Obscenity is a crutch for jlasser@rwd.goucher.edu inarticulate motherfuckers. http://www.goucher.edu/~jlasser/ Finger for PGP key (1024/EC001E4D) - Fuck the CDA.