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February 10, 1998
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Regarding Unabomer: Not That Bad A Guy

Jill,

Your Unabomer essay sucks the preverbial bratwurst, and let me tell you why. Teddy used his bombs to off some of the best technical minds of our time. He bombed the kind of folks that make stuff like the Internet and sludge-filled e-zines like Spite possible. Look, I wouldn't have minded too much if he sent a package to those fine folks at Dow Chemical who developed DDT, Agent Orange, and silicone breast implants. But, nooo.

Then the S.O.B. calls it quits on the trial and I'm left with 200, "Ted Kaczynski blew my f-ing arm off and all I got was this lousy T-shirt," T-shirts. The bastard.

If he had to send "special packages" to someone, why the scientific ilk? Personally, I think if you're going to be an insane ex-math professor who builds bombs, have some taste. Wait for David Hasslehoff to enter the recording studio, and ...

By the way, I'm not a scientist, or a doctor, although I have played the latter on several occasions.

Don't be sending me any unmarked packages. Not that I think you would send a bomb. Just wouldn't want to get it confused with my pornograpy.

Thanks,
Eric

Um, are you related to Jill? And are you upset at the Unabomber for blowing people up, or just blowing the wrong people up? Because it's comforting to know we're attracting the attention of complete sociopaths. -ed.