Re: Reporter writing article on proffr/mattd and threats
At 04:09 PM 7/2/03 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote:
I received a phone call today from a newspaper reporter who's writing an article on mattd/proffr and wanted background on the cypherpunks group or movement, as he put it. The reporter -- who covers crime, law enforcement, and the courts
How does one authenticate that a voice on a phone is a reporter? Or is my sarcasm/wryness detector stuck? --- We are all reporters, we are all book sellers. We are all first class objects. --Tim May
It is a fact that proffr/mattd is Declan. Confirming the practice of cpunks confecting imaginary personas to vent their inner evildoing then protesting the vile behavior, disclaiming any contact with their perps. Then campaigning to have the shits banned from an putative open liars forum. That's what non-fiction was invented for, telling lies to uphold the truth -- which is itself a favorite conceit of the non-fictioneers. Facts, just the irrefutable facts, are the makings of reputations made in heaven and hell -- two more tools of the narrative trade pliers. Truth hoots. Prosecutors are hooters. If the facts don't convince grand juries, avid readers all, then cook up an expert to swear on a bible cookbook.
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