Ralph Ginzburg was a liar Telling someone they have one a sweepstakes when no sweepstakes actually existed is called lying There s no other word for it Using that person s personal information for self enrichment through a huge mailing list just makes it more egregious Ralph Ginzburg used his intelligence and ingenuity to exploit and undermine the very freedoms he professed to defend If this is the legacy left to us by a 60 s radical it s a very sad one indeed