Re: The Internet Day of Protest so far

Alan Sondheim (sondheim@PANIX.COM)
Wed, 13 Dec 1995 10:46:17 -0500

What the fuck do you mean by the second line? You've written some of the
most disgusting stuff on the list under the guise of "philosophy" but
this beats them all.

It's fucks like you that screw up the Net, turning it into racist homo-
phobic diatribes, not the rest of us who have some ideas of Net citizen-
ship. If you don't want to sign petitions, fine, but let the rest of us
alone.

As far as your deep understanding of the issues involved - I teach this
stuff, do you? I follow it closely and write on it. And I don't go using
words like "pinko." Even your language - these "cries betray" - rings
like red-baiting.

This stinks.

Alan

On Wed, 13 Dec 1995, Joshua of Aasgaard wrote:

> It's called burnout. Why should we be signing petitions every few days,
> evertime some pinko gets it up her but that someone's going to silence the
> net.
> These cries betray a deep ignorance of the economics of the Net, and an
> ignorance of the leadership of Congress, in both parties.
>
> The telecommunications bill is a huge give-away, but you the actitivists
> don't give a damn about learning the issues and opposing the bill.
> Instead, they whine about being able to shit, piss, and fuck. It's so
> stupid. It might be a good thing to get kids of the net.
>
> >With 5.8 million US citizens on the Net, I would have expected more...
> >I'm actually disappointed. Congress will ignore this; it's a drop in the
> >bucket...
> >
> >Damn...
> >
> >Alan
> >
> >
> >On Tue, 12 Dec 1995, Christina Siun O'Connell wrote:
> >
> >> With the SF rally delayed until Thurs by the weather and more events
planned
> >> for Wed and Thurs...
> >>
> >> the tally of reports of calls and faxes as of 7:30 pm est to the vtw
> >> address was 14,000 (which equates to approx. 50,000 actual messages sent)
> >>
> >> This is *very* good for a one day effort - and will be even better if you
> >> add your calls over the next two days..
> >>
> >> Let's keep going...
> >>
> >> ...C
> >>
> >> C H R I S T I N A S I U N O ' C O N N E L L | HTMARCOM Steering
Committee
> >> |
> >> tell all the truth but tell it slant |
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> >>
> >
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