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Article #802Re: twinkies
From: Lee Gold
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1985 15:32
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1985 15:32
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The way I recall it, Dan White's lawyer claimed that the defendant was in a state of diminished capacity when he shot the Mayor of San Francisco and a councilman. One of the signs of that change in personality was that a formerly athletic man who had always kept himself in great condition had recently taken to pigging out on twinkies and was now obese. In other words, Twinkies was never alleged to have caused White's psychological condition. I do agree that after the trial, moronic reporters summarized the defense as "Dan White went crazy due to eating too many Twinkies" -- but surely usenetters should be brighter than that. --Lee gold
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcrdcf.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!sdcrdcf!barryg From: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Lee Gold) Newsgroups: net.suicide Subject: Re: twinkies Message-ID: <2444@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 10:32:22 EST Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.2444 Posted: Wed Nov 6 10:32:22 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Nov-85 06:37:37 EST References: <10780@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <3128@hplabsb.UUCP> <8988@ritcv.UUCP> <1286@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> Reply-To: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Lee Gold) Organization: System Development Corp. R+D, Santa Monica Lines: 11