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- From: learn@speedy.acns.nwu.edu (William J. Vajk)
- Subject: Re: AT&T Long Distance Boycott (was: BNR2SS, Mach, and The Lawsuit)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep3.143544.7482@news.acns.nwu.edu>
- Sender: usenet@news.acns.nwu.edu (Usenet on news.acns)
- Organization: Dares No Organization Like Dis Organization
- References: <1992Sep1.090548.8351@uhura1.uucp> <1992Sep1.130800.14354@news.acns.nwu.edu> <MOSS.92Sep1114400@ibis.cs.umass.edu>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 14:35:44 GMT
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- In article <MOSS.92Sep1114400@ibis.cs.umass.edu> moss@cs.umass.edu writes:
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- >William> I am once again dismayed at the responses made by supposedly
- >William> intelligent individuals to affairs which do indeed affect all
- >William> of us. Perhaps some people simply don't se the connections.
-
- >We get along in this environment because people follow the conventions.
-
- I think if you look real closely, the majority of articles on
- Usenet have two forms. One is technical information content, and
- the second is dissent. If we really followed conventions, as you
- suggest we do, the volume of articles and e-mail would drop
- substantially, I suggest, to the level of overall traffic we saw
- on the net perhaps three or four years ago.
-
- >Whether or not you personally agree with the conventions, you are better
- >off following them than risking the negative peer pressure that will result
- >if you post to a lot of newsgroups.
-
- I am afraid that this very nice 1950's Hollywoodish concept is wasted here.
-
- >There are other boards for this kind of thing. This is
- >all part of getting along with real people in the real world.
-
- Thank you for your rather patronizing close. Strange how you mentioned
- negative peer pressure above, and in the end, missed your own message.
-
- Bill Vajk
-