Re: Forgery

[curien@earthlink.net (Josh Sebastian)]

On Sun, 20 Aug 2000 13:58:28 +0000, "E. Robert Tisdale"
<edwin@netwood.net> wrote:

>"E. Robert Tisdale" wrote:
>
>> I have been considering maintaining and publishing
>> a blacklist data base for this newsgroup.
>> The blacklist data base would contain the names
>> of subscribers who post off-topic articles
>> to the newsgroup.
>> New subscribers and infrequent contributors
>> to the newsgroup would be advised
>> to consult the blacklist data base before responding
>> to articles posted in the newsgroup.
>> There would be, of course, no penalty imposed
>> upon subscribers who respond off-topic articles
>> except the penalty imposed by the blacklistee.
>> That is to say, the blacklist would be self enforcing.
>
>I didn't post this message in any of the above newsgroups.
>

I believe that Mr. Tisdale did not post the message titled
"Blacklist". If you look at the message headers, you can see several
important differences from the message headers in Mr. Tisdale's
"normal" posts.

Discrepancy #1:
The timezone is different.

Discrepancy #2:
The message-id is different.

Discrepancy #3:
There are fewer HTTP fields in the "Blacklist" header (implying a
different newsreader).

In fact, the only similarities between the header for "Blacklist" and
the headers from Mr. Tisdale's usual posts are the ones that are
easily forged by a novice.

Despite your personal opinion of Mr. Tisdale, slander is totally
uncalled for.


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"Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation" yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation.

Josh Sebastian
<curien@earthlink.net>