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  4. From: jmc@SAIL.Stanford.EDU (John McCarthy)
  5. Subject: Re: Notch another one up for the Greennazis
  6. In-Reply-To: Jym Dyer's message of 12 Nov 1992 17:01:55 GMT
  7. Message-ID: <JMC.92Nov12102213@SAIL.Stanford.EDU>
  8. Followup-To: talk.environment,sci.energy
  9. Sender: news@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU
  10. Reply-To: jmc@cs.Stanford.EDU
  11. Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
  12. References: <1992Nov9.034442.12361@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> <JMC.92Nov8204409@SAIL.Stanford.EDU>
  13.     <1992Nov9.145946.4373@inel.gov> <Jym.12Nov1992.0901@naughty-peahen>
  14. Date: 12 Nov 92 10:22:13
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  17. Many of us consider that it is "Speak lies to power".  Moreover, Greenpeace
  18. has the money and publicity to be a considerable power itself and uses
  19. it for bullying people whose livelihoods they decide to interfere with.
  20.  
  21. The slogan "Speak truth to power" expresses arrogance as to who has
  22. the truth.
  23. --
  24. John McCarthy, Computer Science Department, Stanford, CA 94305
  25. *
  26. He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.
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