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From: oliver@unc.cs.unc.edu (Bill Oliver)
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Subject: Re: _Boston Herald_ article on JEDR/Templeton case
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Date: 5 Dec 88 20:49:09 GMT
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In article <8304@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> sethg@athena.mit.edu (Seth Gordon) writes:
>
>... but I know JEDR personally, and I will vouch for his
>integrity.  
>

What does this prove?   Haldeman vouched for Colson...


>
>Whatever JEDR has done in the past, the story is clearly now on the
>wire, and how far it spreads is out of his control.


Right.  Reminds me of a homicide case I worked on once where the 
defendant claimed he just fired the gun -- where the bullet went
was not his responsibility.

>
>Flames on Grand Issues of Free Speech and All That Bullshit go in
>/dev/null.  

Yeah, I guess "Free Speech and All That Bullshit" pretty much 
sums up the difference in our perspectives.



Bill Oliver