Brian D Williams writes:

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Just want to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday. Party on!

Party? PARTY?!? How the heck am I supposed to RELAX and ENJOY myself when we're all here just WAITING for the FINAL JUDGEMENT to fall on our TENTACLES?!? I'm a BASKET CASE!

-- Mike McNally

I said I wouldn't comment further on Detweiler unless and until something changed and new information came to light. Folks, this is the time to really take care of yourself. "The Executioner" announced the "time's up" and that more drastic measures are about to occur. "an12070@anon.penet.fi" is beyond any doubt Larry Detweiler. Many other folks have posted analyses of why this is so: the use of TeX quotes, the same vocabulary, the same agenda (against TENTACLES of the MEDUSA), and even the same arrival times of messages (I get my death threats from S. Boxx and The Executioner every night around 10 p.m. to midnight, the same time as Detweiler's rants appear). I take him seriously. He's deranged. A lot more than just slightly neurotic, he's transitioned into insanity. His religious rants ("You will be hung by the neck until dead and then sent to Hell"), his death threats, his wailings and moanings....not a lot of doubt that he's psychotic. Me, I'm keeping my guns loaded in case he decides to drive out to California and end his misery by "cutting off the Tentacles," as he keeps threatening to do.I consider this unlikely, though. Too far to drive when he's got closer targets. The "Colorado Tentacles" should be especially careful, I think. Phil Zimmermann is currently back on Larry's good side (I quote: "Phil is God"), but this may not last long. (Hint: Phil Z. was not at all happy with Larry's rant about Tentacles and his quoting of Phil's comments at that Colorado talk he gave. If Larry discovers this, as he surely will, Phil may be back in the boat with the rest of us Spawns of Satan.) I don't think I'm being alarmist in advising you all to watch out for this guy. --Tim P.S. As long as I'm on the subject, let me again say that I'm not sending Detweiler any messages at all. I don't know if he's really getting anonymous messages ("pseudospoofers"), but if he is, they're not from me. And they never have been. John Gilmore wrote a very reasonable piece, addressing Detweiler's source of confusion, and has since been flamed and ranted against. Typical. And now I'll fall silent on this matter until something new happens. I just hope it isn't a "Texas Tower" sort of violent encounter. If you've got a gun, now's the time to make sure it's handy. If you don't have a gun, consider getting one. --TCM -- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^756839 | Public Key: by arrangement Note: I put time and money into writing this posting. I hope you enjoy it.