> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anonymous > Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 3:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Jeff Jacoby: An inglorious suicide > > > R.A. Hettinga spoke thusly... > > > <http://www.townhall.com/columnists/jeffjacoby/printjj20050304.shtml> > > > > Townhall.com > > > > An inglorious suicide > > Jeff Jacoby (back to web version) | Send > > > > March 4, 2005 > > > > Hunter Thompson's suicide was an act of selfishness and > cruelty. But more > > depraved by far has been the celebration of that suicide by > those who > > supposedly loved or admired him. > > What does this have to do with cypherpunks? This is not your personal > blog. Most of the list traffic is forwarded or cross-posted news > articles, but how is HST's suicide remotely on-topic? >
I absolutely agree. The value of Hettinga's posts to Cypherpunks and the Cryptography list has absolutely gone down the tubes, to the point where I have had to write special filter rules to isolate his posts from the actual content. The dozen or so full-length article on HST have simply no relevance to either list. If he had any respect for others at all, he'd give the URL and a couple lines of summary. Or even better is your suggestion that he use his own blog, or set up his own mailing list instead of spamming the lists with off-topic crap. His behaviour has sunk his reputation well into the Choate/Matt Taylor range. Peter Trei