decline mcC

[Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>]

At 03:56 PM 4/16/99 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>Oh, the judge at one point talked about Washington DC and where he gets his
>paycheck via wire transfer and Johnson cracked a joke about the system
>being susceptible to hacking. It was in reasonably good taste and the court
>reporter laughed.
..
>I understand the judge asked John a lot more about the nature of the
>cypherpunks list and the philosophy of it. The judge even asked John what
>his prediction was in the 9th circuit Bernstein case.

I think this indicates that CJP aka whatever was 1. rational
2. correct in going for a judge vs. jury trial.  A judge
has seen a *lot* of wannabe Freehs.  And, as someone else
posted, a lot of weird characters, most of them less
articulate (seriously) and intelligent than Mr. P/T/etc.

I was as concerned as an onlurker might be, hearing that he
had been restrained; hearing that some in court laughed with him
is encouraging.  It indicates something shared; it de-demonizes
the furry one.  Sometimes judges are reasonable,
and are not the rubber-stamp insects Jeffy would prefer.

*If* the charges are about bits, and only bits, he may have
a chance.  If its about atoms, well, i dunno.

Someone should give the poor honorable Pontius Pilate the full 60 Meg
of the last few years for his consideration... not just selected
excerpts, if they want to make a case for us being a bunch
of raving disaffected nerds, foaming at the mouth, 
full of bits, signifying nothing.

Except for TM and RH, of course, who we are to take seriously :-)

-SiC