Bruce Zambini wrote:

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

I don't buy this. If you consult the archives, circa the fall of 1993, you'll find that while Detweiler/S.Boxx/etc. repeatedly begged me to engage him in debate, I declined. So, what was the "effective" part? I thought his insults, rants, forgeries, screams, shouts, and general gibbering detracted from his real points, such as they were. I'm beginning to think there must be a personality type or behavioral pattern at work here. Others in recent months have also had their ideas buried in a stream of insults, rants, and CAPITAL LETTERS! The pattern seems to be the same, though I doubt any of them are Detweiler. --Tim May Boycott "Big Brother Inside" software! We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^756839 - 1 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."