January 5, 2003
It's Mea Maxima Culpa time: Daniel J. Boone really is his name
I'm one of those who knee-jerkingly assumed "Daniel J. Boone" was the nom-de-plume of the proprietor of Nolo Consentire, but nope, it's indeed his real name. Sorry about that, Daniel. Would have added the apology on your blog, but no commenting facility seems to have been implemented there yet. Daniel: try migrating to Moveable Type. I'd be glad to help: really.
Daniel's an "outlawyer", like comrades Duncan Frissell and Sandy Sandfort. He explains to those of you who might be wordering what this means:
You are wondering "How, in the name of Thor's middle chariot goat, can this joker be an anarchist and a lawyer at the same time?"
He quotes Duncan's "How to Break the Law" by way of succinct explanation:
There are even anarchist lawyers. As an anarchist law student once said when asked by his friends how an he could be a lawyer, "My father is a physician, but that doesn't mean that he believes in disease."
This article reminds me of a piece by Duncan I read sometime around 1990 or 1992, with a name that went something like "How to Make Yourself Judgement Proof". I couldn't find an archived copy of that article as I remember it, but I did find a piece quoting some material a guy culled from Duncan's Usenet posts on the subject, I'm assuming from old cypherpunks and/or sci.crypt posts.
By the way, in case there was further misunderstanding (which would be my fault, of course): I have nothing against writing in any name a person wishes. As a matter of fact, it's a great idea: Boston T. Party is a good non-de-plume, and Max More (hi old friend) is the result of a legal name change from a meaningless one given at birth to one reflecting Max's core extropian values.
Posted by Russell Whitaker at January 5, 2003 11:38 PM | TrackBack