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Article #217Re: WiReD Magazine - Banned in Canada
From: sean
Date: Sat, 02 Apr 1994 06:43
Date: Sat, 02 Apr 1994 06:43
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In article <CnM8Au.36z@psych.toronto.edu>, michael@psych.toronto.edu (Michael Gemar) writes: > The ban has been broken for the few of us computer-philes who actually > have access to the Net, and those few curiosity-seekers who live close > enough to the border to drive across and pick up newspapers. Surveys > in southern Ontario have shown that an estimated 75% of people here > *haven't* heard banned details. Remember, the point of the ban was > to enable the empanelling of an unbiased jury. If over 3/4 of Ontario > hasn't heard or read the banned information, then, broken or not, such > folks should be easy to find, and the ban has been a success. Well, the ban seems to have eliminated people rich enough to travel, or well educated enough to access the net from serving on the jury. Are we seeing a society of information haves and have-nots being created? Are we satisfied with a ban that lets the "elite" learn the information, but keeps the "common-folk" in the dark? -- Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO Domain: sean@dra.com, Voice: (Work) +1 314-432-1100
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