Re: eeyore and tigger

From: Martin Ling (martin@nodezero.org.uk)
Date: Sun Jun 18 2000 - 14:31:31 MDT


On Sun, Jun 18, 2000 at 12:53:28PM -0700, Adrian Tymes wrote:
> Martin Ling wrote:
> > Spike, heads up! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to
> > smuggle a small nuclear device into the United States, deliver it to a
> > pre-arranged location in empty desert, and detonate from a safe
> > distance. The explosion will be filmed, and the media and government
> > notified immediately on the project's success.
> >
> > Would you do it? :-)
>
> Well...if you could *get* that small nuclear device, this just might be
> worth doing. Claim responsibility (to: president@whitehouse.gov, cc:
> all the major media contacts you can collect - emphasis on independent
> media which are less likely to obey a gov't "don't run this story"
> order) via an obviously hacked/anonymous/untraceable e-mail address,
> listing most of the points here, possibly attaching a video clip of the
> blast (which would likely be public knowledge anyway, but a relatively
> close shot proves you were there, so you probably knew was going to
> happen). Just make sure it can never be traced back to you.

Precisely.

> But then, where would you get the device? I suspect most of the people
> on this list do not have the connections and wealth to buy one of
> Russia's warheads.

I note you only go so far as to say 'most'. :-)

Besides, I never suggested it should be one of us who attempts this,
only that it might be an interesting exercise. And anyway, what would
really polish off the job would be to build the bomb yourself...

Martin

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