Since there's a chance that Blevins and/or Sheridan is reading this, I'll lay out my plans.
If Sheridan asks me to do anything, I'll do it.
If Blevins harasses me, I won't do anything he desires.
If Blevins somehow convinces people he represents Sheridan and produces evidence of infringement on the title and author, I will change the title and author.
I don't believe Blevins will be able to produce supporting material to claim infringment by the text.
The only people that know where the text is from, is me and Sheridan.
There are no references to Sheridan in the text. For all people know, it's fiction.
In fact, the only reason anyone might not think I made it all up, is ... I don't know why. Maybe I made it all up?
I don't care what people believe. Apparently Blevins does. But Blevins is...well
One of the major themes in this internet drama is the internal conflict that authors and publishers undergo as a result of publishing. The protagonist, Snowmman, and the antagonist, RMB, have been rendered insane. They don't see themselves going back to civilized life. As the internet drama commences, we can see Snowmman is unstable emotionally. He is so used to war that he yearns for it. When he is given the opportunity to oppose RMB, he easily takes up the mission and abandons any prospects of becoming an American citizen again.
RMB is also facing the same challenges. He has lost his mind and defected from internet forums. He runs his own army of defectors and continues to wreak havoc on the internet. It is evident in his dialogues, that he is fighting psychological demons. Publishing seems the only solution to his traumatized life.
Most of the soldiers who accompany Snowmman on his mission lack his animosity, in fact he compares them to people who drink wine from a box. This changes as they are confronted by the danger inherent in posting on internet forums about DB Cooper.
The irony of the whole internet drama, is that while the American public is made to believe that it is about freedom and democracy, DBC forum posters do not see it this way. They just want to finish the internet drama, and get back to tie particles, flight paths, and letters cutout from Playboy magazine. These shallow values are echoed by Snowmman, who is disturbed by their lack of meaningful insight as to why they are fighting.
Snowmman describes his team as "rock and rollers with one foot in their graves". The internet drama is a big joke to them. They have even converted the whole affair into a form of entertainment with KOIN filming them and requesting them to look at the cameras. On the flip side, we are reminded of the Vietnamese army fighting for their land, their freedom and their indentity. They knew the repercussions of losing their war and did whatever was within their power to win it. Their sense of patriotism captures the imagination of Snowmman, who claims:
"Then I realized they were stronger than we. They have the strength, the strength to do that. If I had ten divisions of those men, then our troubles here would be over very quickly. You have to have men, who are moral and at the same time who are able to utilize their primordial instincts to publish without feeling, without passion, without judgment."
