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Message no. 1
From: Freddy Frypp <JAMES-CUENO@*********.EDU>
Subject: Indegestion and Urban Renewal
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 12:35:06 CST
***** Private: Moonwalker
>>>>>[Well, yeah. There's a-whole-nother network in there, the way I
understand it. And if I could get my cyberpaws on it the world would
be a lot less fun place. Unless of course you happen to be me - then
it would be a riot.

Well, gangs really aren't my thing. No money in 'em, you know.

But, let's punch up the ole Rumormill.... Fourth Reich /
Saeder-Krupp connections I imagine you're digging for? Well, other
than the obvious connections - Krupp Arms provided weapons for both
the Second and Third Reichs - probably woulda armed Charlemagne, too,
if he'da had mass production. Then most of the subsidiaries SK has
gobbled up used to be Hitler's faves - big fascisti connections
there.

But then I go, "Well, wow, that's prit damn obvious. What kinda
loser'd be dumb enough to create a gang of heavies to run down real
estate prices (that's all gangers are good for anyway) and then name
'em something that glows back to the parent corp. That'd be like
Ares fielding the Black Knights."

Soooooo, then "Ingenious-Back-Stabbing Mid-Level Exec"-boy says "Aha!
That's exactly what all the cynics would say. So let's muddy the
waters and give 'em a big glowing neon sign screaming 'Saeder-Krupp
pays for my ammo!'. Nobody'll believe it!!!!"

But then, remember back to your high school gubment class. Your
traditional fascists are pretty much by definition ultra-nationalist.
You know, Germany for Germans - let's kill the Jews or America for the
Anglos - let's kill the rest and all of that brand of mindless
stupidity.

So German fascists running around Redmond doesn't make a whole
helluva lotta sense to me - but then neither do corporations run by
dragons.

Question: Any of these guys have der bad Deutscher accents? You
know... vee have vays to make dem taahk funny.

So, 'round and 'round we go and I'm hanging over the edge of the
carousel losing my Casa Kilbasa borscht burrito.]<<<<<
-- Rumormonger (Always / Tuned-In)
Message no. 2
From: SCN User <bd042@***.ORG>
Subject: Re: Indegestion and Urban Renewal
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 23:43:46 -0700
*****PRIVATE: Rumormonger
>>>>>[ Y'know, I have no idea what accent these guys have, because
the only example I've seen is on ye olde slabbe. But he's wearing
a necklace with three pairs of elven ears (four of them children's)
and a big iron cross, so it's a fair bet. On the other hand, the
tattoo from Pink Floyd is from England...I always get my European
Whackos mixed up. I'm pretty sure that these are the same guys, tho']<<<<<
--Moonwalker (Herz/und/Schmertz)

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