Seth,
I've publicly asked that no private e-mail be sent to me about the Bell case. Do it in public or not at all.
Sorry, I must've missed that. What I thought you said was not "no private e-mail", but http://www.inet-one.com/cypherpunks/current/msg00190.html "Remember, do not e-mail, telephone or visit me or you're subject to subpoena. Same for tarred Declan, or anybody else pissants Choate and Leen are eager to CDR." I didn't think that such messages to you were going to put me at high risk of being subpoena'ed (that's simply my calculation).
You could be tarring me as others have done, for whatever noble reason. Offense intended.
Under the circumstances, I won't take offense. An accusation like that is hard to address, but I've always thought that getting huffy about it would be counter-productive to any disproof.
You are way behind the curve on this matter,
Could be. Reading some postings doesn't make me an expert on the case, and I don't claim to be. That's a reason why I sent my comments privately, rather than making a public issue.
and privately whispering advice is cowardly,
Disagree. I thought it was appropriate. After reading your *public* postings, finding them interesting, and doing some more reading of my own, I thought you were probably being very unfair to Robert Leen. But I really had no desire to get into a long debate with Tim May or similar. That's not cowardly, that's rational.
not unlike noble journalists and attorneys have done to me. Show your face, no stalking, thanks.
Umm, I didn't send anything anonymously. And if your e-mail is being monitored or subpoena'ed, note I'm not hiding my face. Private advice seemed to be sensible. Or at least that was my view of it. __ Seth Finkelstein Consulting Programmer sethf@mit.edu http://sethf.com