From ld231782 Sun Nov 14 23:32:15 1993 Return-Path: Received: from casco.lance.colostate.edu by longs.lance.colostate.edu (5.65/lance.1.5) id AA24172; Sun, 14 Nov 93 23:32:08 -0700 Message-Id: <9311150632.AA24172@longs.lance.colostate.edu> To: cypherpunks@toad.com Cc: ld231782 Subject: A Glimmer of Light Date: Sun, 14 Nov 93 23:32:06 -0700 From: "L. Detweiler" X-Mts: smtp Some miscellaneous psychopunk (I forget who, they are all interchangeable) said >> nobody is interested in preventing pseudospoofing here. the >> people who have most maneuvered themselves into a position to aid >> future cyberspace are instead constraining it. that's the point, isn't >> it? gosh, how could I have been so blind... > >I think its because we don't see pseudospoofing as a "danger" like you >do. Personally, I consider it a necessity. I like being able to hide >behind an anonymous identity (not that I do, mind you). I don't see >pseudospoofing as "constraining". On the contrary, I see it as >freeing us. wow! a break in the clouds! a breath of fresh air! who is `we'? please elaborate! This miscellaneous psychopunk is posting from MIT. Do you think his burdensome flesh-cucoon is in Boston? or California? AT LAST! HONESTY! (even if it is criminal or perverted) Psychopunks, I'm most impressed with this new atmosphere of open advocation of pseudoanonymity instead of all the black disinformation snippets about `true anonymity' and all the other nonsense about it not being widespread, no cypherpunks being personally involved, etc. for the dreary 10 months or so I've been here. What trouble and heartache for all of us you have caused me in pretending it isn't! Finally, they Come Out of the Closet. Imagine -- having to hide in your own neighborhood for so long. Really, it's all right. There, there. When will the articles on Pseudospoofing come out in Wired and NYT? Oh, let's see, there's Newsweek and all those other places too. Please, tell me, I'm really in a tizzy. I'll have to call Mr. Kelly and Mr. Markoff and tell them of your new openness. I'm sure they will be quite interested! So, I would like to collect a list of all the Psychopunks who are PSEUDOSPOOFERS and PROUD OF IT. Please, describe your lovely techniques, all the pain and victimization you have gone through from your tormenters (like me), and how you are going to Change the World so that Pseudospoofers can Live without Harassment. `Live and Let Live'. Sort of like Gay Pride. When are you going to stick it in your charter, anyway? How pseudospoofing == privacy == anonymity == pseudoanonymity == pseudonymity == holy liberation == bliss? What a delicious mystery. Life a SF book by Card. What a Card. Also, I'm still waiting for some kind of comment from those *fabulous* leaders of yours. They're so coy with me. They've been flirting with me since I've been on the list. It's really sexy and erotic, actually, the way they strut around. You can look, but you can't touch! They're real masters at the dance. Ooooooh... just FABULOUTHS.