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From: skyler@violet.berkeley.edu
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Subject: Re: The state of the Net
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Date: Sat, 24-Oct-87 22:26:08 EST
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Posted: Sat Oct 24 22:26:08 1987
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In article <2154@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
[in the keywords line "more false statements"]

Mr. Lippman, please announce, in public, exactly what was false.
Exactly what are you denying?  Are you claiming that you never implied
you worked for something closely connected to the government?  Are you
denying that you claimed you had close ties to the government?  Are you
denying that you claimed your job provided you with access to governmental
information?

You also say:
>	Would you please enlighten the Net with the article number and
>quoted text where I make such a statement?  If you can't produce that
>reference, would you like to retract your statement?

Please be consistent.  Either the person who makes a claim must provide
all necessary substantiation (and retract the statement if that evidence
cannot be provided) or the person can reiterate that claim until it is
proven wrong.

In other words, either retract, fully and completely, the claim that
Mark Ethan Smith is a pseudonym or do not request that anyone else retract
claims unless _you_ prove them wrong.

Whatever standards are set for what is conveyed over the net should be
consistent.  

-skyler
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