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From: TDC <tdc@zooid.guild.org>
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Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk,alt.cyberspace,alt.security
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Subject: Legion of Doom is NOT back!
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Message-ID: <a523145622@zooid.guild.com>
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X-To: ALL
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Date: Wed, 19 May 93 08:54:10 GMT
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Organization: The Zoo of Ids
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Lines: 87
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Begin Message
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READ AND DISTRIBUTE EVERYWHERE - READ AND DISTRIBUTE EVERYWHERE
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***************************************************************
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The Legion of Doom is NOT back.
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Approximately two weeks ago I issued an announcement that I
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intended to revive the former supreme hacking group The Legion
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of Doom. While this was a sincere effort on my part to bring the
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hacking community back to its glory days, recent events
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suggest to me that my efforts were misguided and that my
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energy can be best applied to other ventures. While it is true
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that I want to help the hacking/phreaking scene to rise from
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its current nadir, this clearly cannot be accomplished by
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attempting to revive a group that is best left in the realm
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of past history, nor by appropriating a name which neither I nor
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anyone else not associated with LOD has a right to use.
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Following release of my message proclaming the return of the
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golden days of hacking and the Legion of Doom I was contacted
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by both voice and netmail by several members of the former
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Legion of Doom. After a few discussions and hearing what they
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had to say and their view on this I began to realize several
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things. First, I do not have a legitimite right to use the LOD
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name because I was never afiliated with the original group and
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(truth be told) I do not possess at this time the hacking
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and phreaking knowledge which would have gotten me into the
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group to begin with if it were still around. Second, even if I
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were an original member I would still not have a right to use
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the name; the group is disbanded and no one (except maybe the
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founder?) can ever assemble it again. The best thing to do is
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to let the LOD name live in history only and be retired in
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dignity. I regret that I may have tarnished the LOD name and
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reputation with my actions. Third and lastly, even if I had a
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right to use the name, it does not make any sense to do it.
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Experienced hackers and phone phreakers could just as easily
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be assembled under an entirely different group name (such as
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"the Digital Intruders") and still rise to pre-eminence in the
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hacking community. A group of good hackers by any other name
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could be just as elite. Basicly, nothing is gained by using
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the LOD name and in persisting to do so would be risking the
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acrimonious contempt of the real LOD and the whole net.
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Finally, I hope this message will cause the whole affair to
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just die off. Since 99% of the response I got was negative and
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I have not yet received any articles for publication, I here
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and now declare my part in the futile LOD revival to be
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ended. I apolgize for any inconvenience/aggrevation that I
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may have caused anyone, especially but not limited to the
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following real LOD ex-members: The Marauder, Lex Luthor,
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Professor Falken, Mark Tabas, Bill from RNOC, Lord Digital,
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Doctor Who, and Phantom Phreaker.
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All of the ex-LOD members that I spoke with were curteous and
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no one has made any threats of any kind to my person or
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telephone. I appreciate their patience with my sincere but
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misguided folly. It was the product of inexperience, not
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malice.
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- Lord Havoc
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tdc@zooid.guild.org
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Cameron Smith
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310 Pennoack Crescent
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Unionville, ONT
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Canada L3R 3M5
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(416) 477.4656
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(416) 477.9164
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READ AND DISTRIBUTE EVERYWHERE - READ AND DISTRIBUTE EVERYWHERE
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***************************************************************
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End Message
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.. Catch the Blue Wave!
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___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12
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