Re: Helena Kobrin law review article, Spring 1976

On 5 Jun 1995, Peter McDermott wrote:

> In article <3qrkvh$9qt@unlisys.unlisys.net>,
> In article <3qrkvh$9qt@unlisys.unlisys.net>, > tilman@berlin.snafu.de (Tilman Hausherr) wrote:
> tilman@berlin.snafu.de (Tilman Hausherr) wrote: >
> > >BTW, if she wrote an article in 1976, that makes her at least 44,
> >BTW, if she wrote an article in 1976, that makes her at least 44, > >assuming that she was at least 25 when writing an article in a magazine,
> >assuming that she was at least 25 when writing an article in a magazine, > >and assuming that studying law takes 7 years. [Knowing her age has no
> >and assuming that studying law takes 7 years. [Knowing her age has no > >meaning at all, but I like playing with numbers]
> >meaning at all, but I like playing with numbers] >
> > On the basis of her appearance on BBC TV's 'The Net', I'd say mid-
> On the basis of her appearance on BBC TV's 'The Net', I'd say mid- > forties is a pretty fair estimation.
> forties is a pretty fair estimation. >
> > No spring chicken, our Helena. Old enough to know better, in fact.
> No spring chicken, our Helena. Old enough to know better, in fact. >
> there's a picture of a smiling helena k. kobrin, esq. on p. 21 of the [current?] vol 27, issue 4 SLAVERY^H^H^H^H^HFREEDOM[tm] magazine.

she is sitting, with her hands folded on a clean desk, with a computer terminal to her right. Not a piece of paper in the shot [or a printer, either...] Her hair is mid-length, tastefully cut, graying. She has brown eyes and an overbite that could send my dentist uncle to Fiji for his next vacation.

she is wearing a dress-for-sucess-blue jacket over a contrating-blue blouse. there is a ring on the third finger of her left hand, but i haven't blown up the picture yet [THAT WAS NOT A BOMB THREAT!!!] to see if it's a wedding ring or an OT ring.

the photo is part of a little commentary written by the Kobrifier called "MOdern Computers: Free Speech does not mean Free Theft"

TO give you a taste, under fair use, [brackets mine]

"Criminals on the information superhighway [she uses the i.s.-phrase!!] have made it necessary to have traffic rules..."

how about,

"Censorship is not the real issue, but a smoke screen raised by lawbreakers to divert attention from their own wrongdoing [people don't have the sense to figure out the real issue for themselves].

my personal favorite is this little gem:

"Calling for application of the laws and exercis of self-restraint is a substantial contribution to preservation of the right to free expression [in other words, Slavery is Freedom [tm]]."

But I strongly urge you to rummage through garbage cans until you can find a copy of this issue of FREEDOM[tm] and read it for yourselves.

I wouldn't want to be accused of taking anything out of context!

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