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[R. A. Hettinga]

At 8:56 AM -0800 3/7/04, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
>Sure you will, if the groceries are in front of you, and the purchase or
>
>possession of some of them you don't want associated with anything.
>In this case the reputation of the grocer and/or your ability to assay
>the
>groceries (in meatspace) suffice.

Right.

More to the point, the only person you trust in a bearer transaction is the
underwriter, who, of course, can be a persistent pseudonym.

Cheers,
RAH

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