From: tallpaul@pipeline.com (tallpaul)

Since E.A. Smith wants completeness re the Zundelsite issue, I am curious about his assertion about Weaver.

Might we know the source of his complete info on Weaver's political and racial beliefs.

I see, in essence, three hypothesis:

1) Cover the ass of a potential neo-Nazi or racist (or both) without any reference to what is really true;

2) Get information from outer space;

3) Base the conclusion on hard evidence.

If the answer is 3) I'd like to get a real pointer to the real evidence. By real evidence I mean just that, not wishful thinking or advertising jingles for points 1) or 2).

Hmm... good question. I've seen various quotes from Randy Weaver in various publications, including Time and other non-right-wing ones. None of them indicated him as an actual neo-Nazi or racist, even in the stories (such as in Time) which appeared to assume that militia member = neo-Nazi (quite incorrect, from what I know of the subject. For instance, the most anti-government of the gun-rights organizations, which appears to have quite a few militia members, is Jews for Firearms Ownership. The founders of the organization in question believe that gun rights are necessary to prevent another Holocaust. Other gun-rights political organizations concentrate on self-defense from non-governmental criminals). I don't know when I'll have the time to check on the matter.

PS: Cypherpunks seems to be getting very wiggy these days.

Most mailing lists do on a regular basis... my (passing) scans of the archives indicate that cypherpunks is prone to this. -Allen