Re: Why the clams are so mad? (Was Re: The Quite Mad Diane Richardson)

gazit@lear.cs.duke.edu (Hillel) wrote:

>>Robert Marcus <102020.1551@CompuServe.COM> farted wetly:
>##Give it up, Richardson. Start digging your grave
>##instead. You'll be there any day now, most likely sooner than
>##you think and 6 feet closer to your ultimate destination.
>In article <3udilt$nnq@lantana.singnet.com.sg> marina@singnet.com.sg writes:
>>Oi!!! Everyone -- This is a DEATH THREAT!
>Agree.
>The question I have is why?
>I can think about four answers:
>1) This newsgroup is a steady source of money for the legal fight
> against the Co$. The Co$ wants to stop that, and a death threat
> against one of the best writers is their way to do so.
I don't think "Robert Marcus" is quite that rational, Hillel. I think he was embarrassed about being shown up as a fool by one of his perceived "enemies", especially since he probably is working very hard to impress his seniors at the CAN Reform branch of OSA. >2) Put pressure on Erlich. Something along the lines of "if you
> will continue to be a bad boy, your girl friend will *suffer*."
Nawww . . . Dennis knows I can handle myself quite well, thankyouverymuch. If anything, he'd have a mighty laugh watching me rev up my steamroller and go out clamsmashing. [Any of you ever seen those old roads paved with clamshells out around Houston?]

>3) A decoy. While we are busy with the death treat the Co$ may
> be doing some dirty tricks in a different direction.
More likely an attempt at intimidation. They used to try this sort of stuff all the time a few months back. It didn't work then, either.

>4) Stupidity.
Bingo!

>Comments anybody?
>Hillel gazit@cs.duke.edu
>Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
> -- Salvor Hardin