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- From: stone@bradley.bradley.edu (Steve Stone)
- Newsgroups: alt.internet.services
- Subject: Re: Congress email addresses?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.165015.22049@bradley.bradley.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 16:50:15 GMT
- References: <1e7ki6INN95n@aludra.usc.edu> <1992Nov17.052333.13654@gallant.apple.com>
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- Organization: Bradley University
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- In <1992Nov17.052333.13654@gallant.apple.com> kiddyr@gallant.apple.com (Ray Kiddy) writes:
-
- >joeallen@usc.edu (Joe Allen) writes:
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- >>Anyone know how to mail to specific members of congress or senate?
- >>Is there a list of such addresses anywhere?
-
- >would that our representative were so aware of modern technology.
- [text deleted]
- >we will see - ray, ray@ganymede.apple.com
- >
- Another problem is that of access. One of the main reasons that the
- postal service was set up was so that everyone would have affordable
- access to their representatives. There are some that would say that
- giving reps Internet accounts would be just another example of welfare
- for the rich. The people with email accounts would have better, faster,
- more prolific access to their reps than non-email people. This would
- be discrimination based on network access.
-
- So, reps won't have email addresses until the 'net is as easy to
- access and use as the postal service. So, let's get busy and make
- NREN, et. al. accessible and useable by all.
-
- --insert favorite disclaimer here--
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-
- --
- Steven A. Stone Bradley University
- Electronic Services Librarian Peoria, Illinois 61625
- stone@bradley.bradley.edu (309) 677-2839
-