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Tim May is a fine person.

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NODE f94ed954Tim May is a fine person.
Tim May's early support of the cypherpunk concept has helped
advance the culture of humanity! A true scholar, Tim analyzes
the various ideas presented to the cypherpunks list, and gives
his honest opinion, even when that opinion is not popular. In
doing so, Tim displays truly noble courage.

Unlike some others on this list, Tim has not sought to make purely
personal attacks of the other inhabitants of the list and has shown
impeccable restraint in doing so.
NODE 10104160Re: Timmy May is a jerk
Timmy May continues to post nonsensical praises in his name using
an anonymous remailer....

Timmy May <anonymous@miron.vip.best.com> writes:

> Tim May's early support of the cypherpunk concept has helped
> advance the culture of humanity! A true scholar, Tim analyzes
> the various ideas presented to the cypherpunks list, and gives
> his honest opinion, even when that opinion is not popular. In
> doing so, Tim displays truly noble courage.

Timmy May is an ignorant coward. He's got nothing better to do,
so he starts up flame wars on this mailing list. He can't contribute
anything crypto-relevant because he knows nothing about cryptography.

> Unlike some others on this list, Tim has not sought to make purely
> personal attacks of the other inhabitants of the list and has shown
> impeccable restraint in doing so.

This is a lie. Anyone who's been subscribed to this mailing list for
a while knows that Timmy May posts to most personal attacks (inlcuiding
attacks on his many enemies' religion and ethnicity), lies, fabricated
quotes, flame bait, and overall noise.

---

Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps
NODE dc6245ff[NOISE][dlv trash]Re: Timmy May is a jerk
On Tue, 22 Oct 1996, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:

> Timmy May continues to post nonsensical praises in his name using
> an anonymous remailer....
> 

I doubt Tim May has posted this - he's done a fine job of staying out of 
this stupidity.

> Timmy May <anonymous@miron.vip.best.com> writes:
> 
> > Tim May's early support of the cypherpunk concept has helped

> 
> Timmy May is an ignorant coward. He's got nothing better to do,
> so he starts up flame wars on this mailing list. He can't contribute
> anything crypto-relevant because he knows nothing about cryptography.

As I recall, he posted ONE piece of satire back in August. It was a 
humourous jest, and you do make yourself an easy target. You've been on 
him ever since, which proves that you can't take a joke at all. Your 
rants have been the longest running one-sided response to a troll that I 
have ever seen. Quit while you're behind.

Sandy has made you a generous offer to come out to the west coast,
expenses paid, and enlighten everyone with your knowledge of crypto.
You seem to find all manner of excuses to avoid the trip, and are using 
his offer as a further opportunity to insult the list. 

> 
> This is a lie. Anyone who's been subscribed to this mailing list for
> a while knows that Timmy May posts to most personal attacks (inlcuiding
> attacks on his many enemies' religion and ethnicity), lies, fabricated
> quotes, flame bait, and overall noise.

Look in the mirror - attacks on religion, ethnicity, flame bait, NOISE ...

Fitting description of Dimitri, no?

Sandy - nice try at shutting up the kook, but you're just giving him the 
attention he craves at this point.

Not one person has spoken up publicly in defense of dlv; one person who 
has met him did speak on his behalf via private mail, but appears to have 
changed his mind. The points have been made. The best thing to do is drop 
dlv into the killfile, and ignore him.

I, diseased nocturnal marsupial, pledge to post no more crap to this list 
in response to, or regarding, one Dimitri Vulis, KOTM.

Take the pledge. Just say no.

-r.w.
NODE 64ef5d49Re: [NOISE][dlv trash]Re: Timmy May is a jerk
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                          SANDY SANDFORT
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C'punks,

On Tue, 22 Oct 1996, Rabid Wombat wrote:

> Sandy - nice try at shutting up the kook, but you're just giving him the 
> attention he craves at this point.
> 
> Not one person has spoken up publicly in defense of dlv; one person who 
> has met him did speak on his behalf via private mail, but appears to have 
> changed his mind. The points have been made. The best thing to do is drop 
> dlv into the killfile, and ignore him.

I think the Wombat may have this one nailed.  I have made the
same mistake others on this list have made--I assumed some 
semblance of rationality, civility and knowledge of appropriate
social behavior in another.  Giving someone the benefit of a
doubt is not a bad thing, but to continue doing so indefinitely
is.  

I'll let my offer of airfare, lodging and transportation stand 
through the end of the month, then it will automatically be 
withdrawn and the pledge partners will be off the hook.  If
Dimitri wishes to address a future meeting of SF Bay area 
Cypherpunks at our expense, he must unequivocally commit to it
before midnight (California time) October 31.  After that, it 
will be up to him to pay his own way or to pass the plate on his
own.  (Personally, I'm convinced that he is far to big a coward
to ever come here, no matter what the inducement.)

Other than with regard to my offer, I am taking RW's pledge.
Shunning works for the Amish; I think it can work for us too.


 S a n d y

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NODE 616582edRe: [NOISE] Tim May's off-topic noise and personal attacks
cc:'d to John Gilmore.

Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org> writes:
> >
> > Timmy May is an ignorant coward. He's got nothing better to do,
> > so he starts up flame wars on this mailing list. He can't contribute
> > anything crypto-relevant because he knows nothing about cryptography.
>
> As I recall, he posted ONE piece of satire back in August. It was a

You "recall" wrong. There were about a dozen flames posted by Tim May
over the summer, attacking me for no apparent reason and attributing to
me various nonsense I never said. I replied to Tim off-list saying that
I never said anything resembling the stuff he ascribed to me, and that
if he has a problem with something he thinks I said in another forum, he
should address it in that forum, not cp. He never replied to me, but
kept on flaming me. I never responded to Tim's flames until I became
aware in September that he's been contacting various people not on the
c-punks list to complain about what I supposedly post to this list -
again, attributing to me nonsense I never said, not on this list, nor
elsewhere.

Your false "recollection" is based on a couple of lies Tim May posted to
this list: one claiming that he posted one "satire" and one claiming
that he disagreed with me over von Mises. To see that Tim lied (and that
you repeated his lies) just search the list archives and count the
number of times he viciously attacked me on this mailing list before I
responded.

> Sandy has made you a generous offer to come out to the west coast,
> expenses paid, and enlighten everyone with your knowledge of crypto.
> You seem to find all manner of excuses to avoid the trip, and are using
> his offer as a further opportunity to insult the list.

So far, I'm not convinced that this trip would be productive. I'll be
happy to discuss my work and cryptogrpahy in general and social
implication thereof with anyone. However it seems that Sandy et al
aren't capable of discussing any subject without flaming and gratuitous
insults.

> > This is a lie. Anyone who's been subscribed to this mailing list for
> > a while knows that Timmy May posts to most personal attacks (inlcuiding
> > attacks on his many enemies' religion and ethnicity), lies, fabricated
> > quotes, flame bait, and overall noise.
>
> Look in the mirror - attacks on religion, ethnicity, flame bait, NOISE ...

Fitting description of Tim May. Tim and his "supporters" have posted
dozens of flames to this mailing list about Russians, Cossacks (what do
I have to do with Cossacks???), Jews, etc, in a (failed) effort to
offend me. Search the archives for "Russian" and you'll see slurs like
"Don't tell our Russian what a petard is" or "Rude even by Russian
standards" not to mention a dozen claims that I can't speak English.

Tim May reminds me of one very stupid woman on Usenet who decided for
some reason that I must be Lithuanian and posted several diatribes on
how my supposed inbred Lithuanian heritage is somehow connected to my
genetic deficiencies. Tim May, flaming the Cossacks in an effort to
offend me, is as stupid and ignorant as most Americans.

On the other hand, Ray Arachelian is a typical product of the hate-
filled Armenian culture. Folks fortunate enough not to know many
Armenians don't realize that their self-identification is built upon the
hatred for Moslems, hatred for Jews, for their Georgian neighbors, and
generally everyone. Ray spouting off about "amoeba shit" sounds like a
typical hate-crazed Armenian, despite being in California.

Tim May posts more flame bait to this mailing list than anyone, mostly
in the form of personal attacks, or attacks on entire groups (like
mormons). Tim May attacked the mormons and started a flame war which I
help quench by asking people not to contribute anymore to that thread -
you lie when you accuse _me of what Tim May did.

> I, diseased nocturnal marsupial, pledge to post no more crap to this list
> in response to, or regarding, one Dimitri Vulis, KOTM.

I'm not bothered by the crap posted in response to what I post. For
example, I used to post "crypto-relevant wire clippings" to this list.
(I pretty much quit because no one seems to be interested in crypto here
anymore.) Certain friends of Tim tried to "defend" him by mailing back
to me multiple copies of the "wire clippings" with obscenities appended.
So, I finally took the time to figure out a way to filter them out.
These don't bother me.

If I see more unprovoked attacks on me on this mailing list from Tim May
or any of his "friends", I will respond and will point out that Tim May
is a liar. So far I have not started any flame wars on this list and all
of my responses were inferior in volume and viotriol to the originals.

If you want Tim May to continue attacking me on this list without being
hampered by my responses, you'll have to block me by technical means.

---

Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps
NODE 832d7e18slander again
On Tue, 22 Oct 1996, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:

> On the other hand, Ray Arachelian is a typical product of the hate-
> filled Armenian culture. Folks fortunate enough not to know many
> Armenians don't realize that their self-identification is built upon the
> hatred for Moslems, hatred for Jews, for their Georgian neighbors, and
> generally everyone. Ray spouting off about "amoeba shit" sounds like a
> typical hate-crazed Armenian, despite being in California.

Thanks man.  Keep going, I sure could use your money.  Slander away.  
Don't stop.  Just keep it up and soon all of your pay check will go in my 
pocket.

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NODE a38d9db0Re: Timmy May is a jerk
On Tue, 22 Oct 1996, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:

> Timmy May continues to post nonsensical praises in his name using
> an anonymous remailer....

How do you know that it's him?
 
> Timmy May is an ignorant coward. He's got nothing better to do,

Lesse now, you must be projecting. After all, you were invited to speak 
in San Fran, you declined backing out as only a coward would, not 
outright "No" but rather "When I have the time" and refused to plan this 
ahead, even months ahead.  Yet, you seem to have plenty of time to flame 
here, so you really have lots of free time - to flame and be cowardly.  
And your ignorance is legendary around here.  You ignore netiquette and 
flame and cause flame wars and spam.

> so he starts up flame wars on this mailing list. He can't contribute
> anything crypto-relevant because he knows nothing about cryptography.

So what do you contribute other than copyrighted news postings and huge 
flames, and do so without the author's permission? Or do you have their 
written permission?

> This is a lie. Anyone who's been subscribed to this mailing list for
> a while knows that Timmy May posts to most personal attacks (inlcuiding
> attacks on his many enemies' religion and ethnicity), lies, fabricated
> quotes, flame bait, and overall noise.

I have been on this list since 1992 and can attest to the fact that the 
above paragraph which you have written is false.  I have seen more personal 
attacks, flames, racial prejudice, and lies from you than from anyone 
else on here.  I guess you are of the belief that if you lie in every 
message about someone violently enough, eventually someone will believe 
your bullshit.

That someone isn't me Vulis.  An asshole is an assole, and you sir sure 
fart like one.  Get off this list.  Take your shit elsewhere, we don't 
want you here.  Be gone!

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NODE 01087ebaRe: Timmy May is a jerk
Ray Arachelian <sunder@brainlink.com> writes:
> So what do you contribute other than copyrighted news postings and huge 
> flames, and do so without the author's permission? Or do you have their 
> written permission?

You have a point thee - I'll stop, not because IBM or Netscape might mind
my reposting their press releases here, but because I've recept some pretty
rude e-mail from John Gilmore telling me to stop posting off-topic to this
mailing list, which has turned into a playground for Timmy May and other
inane flamers. Clearly, anything "crypto-relevant" is off-topic. Only ethnic
flames about Cossacks (???) and religious flames about mormons, posted 
prodigiously by Timmy May and his cohorts, are on-topic.

P.S. I do have Dr. Argic's permission to repost his collection of materials
on the genocide of Jews and Moslems by Armenians.

---

Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps
NODE 856c6354Re: Timmy May is a jerk
On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:

> You have a point thee - I'll stop, not because IBM or Netscape might mind
> my reposting their press releases here, but because I've recept some pretty
> rude e-mail from John Gilmore telling me to stop posting off-topic to this
> mailing list, which has turned into a playground for Timmy May and other
> inane flamers. Clearly, anything "crypto-relevant" is off-topic. Only ethnic
> flames about Cossacks (???) and religious flames about mormons, posted 
> prodigiously by Timmy May and his cohorts, are on-topic.

At last some progress has been made with you.  At least the news spams 
will stop.  And no, crypto-relevant stuff is on topic, flames and spams 
aren't.
 
> P.S. I do have Dr. Argic's permission to repost his collection of materials
> on the genocide of Jews and Moslems by Armenians.

Lovely, but also off topic.

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NODE cd020252Re: Timmy May is a jerk
At 6:05 PM -0400 10/22/96, Ray Arachelian wrote:
>On Tue, 22 Oct 1996, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:
>
>> Timmy May continues to post nonsensical praises in his name using
>> an anonymous remailer....
>
>How do you know that it's him?

I'll comment on this only because I plan to comment on another point below.
So, while I'm at it...

I've seen several of these anonymously posted "Tim is a fine person" and
"Tim is a saint amongst saints" messages. I delete them as I do the crud
Vulis posts posts anonymously. In fact, the _style_ of these praise posts
look like a pastiche of Vulis' style...my working assumption is that they
are also being written by Vulis, for his own purposes. (As with that other
crazy Russian, VZNUri, and the nom de nym he adopted since arriving in
America, "Lance (you can call me Larry) Detweiler," Vulis constant refers
to "tentacles" when he is almost certainly _the_ major user of anonymous
posts. Ironic that both Vulis and Detweiler railed against the things they
were themselves the heaviest users of.)


...
>I have been on this list since 1992 and can attest to the fact that the
>above paragraph which you have written is false.  I have seen more personal
>attacks, flames, racial prejudice, and lies from you than from anyone
>else on here.  I guess you are of the belief that if you lie in every
>message about someone violently enough, eventually someone will believe
>your bullshit.

Vulis is a student of "the Big Lie," the notion that if one repeats a lie
often and loudly enough, it begins to be believed. Hey, it worked for
Adolph.

As I've said, I've received several messages from twits asking me why I'm
not defending myself on a daily basis against Vulis, and speculating that
perhaps this means Vulis is right and I am indeed a dandruff-covered
homosexual Sovok Tchurka Jew.

Several of these correspondents are now residents in that part of
cyberspace I call my killfile.

By the way, I have remained utterly silent on this "Let's fly Dimitri to
the Bay Area!" nonsense (except for some private mail to Sandy and R.
Wombat about it). I personally think this whole "Dimitri fund" is a lousy
idea. First, it has consumed bandwidth (at least 30-40 messages, I figure).
Second, the result was predictable, that DLV would of course dangle his
answer for days or weeks, but would ultimately worm out of a straight
answer. Third, it sends the wrong message. I choose to killfile jerks, not
reward them with airfare and hotel accomomadations! If fools and jerks are
rewarded with trips for their boorishness, guess what we'll get? Yes, even
more boors and knaves.

Oh, and I certainly hope no one expected _my_ attendance at that "Vulis
greets the Bay Aryans" meeting. I certainly wouldn't drive 100 miles to San
Francisco to meet a cretin like Vulis.

I suggest that, as with Detweiler and as with other disruptors, _attention_
is what he craves. The more the list is disrupted, the better he likes it.
All of this foo-faw about whether he'll accept "our" invitation (Sandy's,
of course), and all of the denunciations of his rants, just feeds this
process.

No, I won't "take the pledge" to stop talking about him, as some are
already starting to do. I believe in actions, not slogans. I guess I'm not
much of a joiner. I never donated to the United Way, so I'm not real big
either on "Take the Pledge!!" campaigns. Killfiles are a lot more direct.

--Tim May

"The government announcement is disastrous," said Jim Bidzos,.."We warned IBM
that the National Security Agency would try to twist their technology."
[NYT, 1996-10-02]
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NODE 8e1b3d33Re: Timmy May is a jerk
Wait about a year or so, it will subside.

	- Igor.