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Article #332Re: EFF:Dead.
From: Stephen Boursy
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 00:00
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In article <312193EA.690D@cco.caltech.edu>, Colin A. Reed <aleph@cco.caltech.edu> wrote: >Stephen Boursy wrote: >> >> There is very little separation between corporate interests and >> the State in the US which is why we need consumer protection advocates. >> Perhaps I was wrong to expect that from EFF. >> >> > Steve The EFF is not a consumer protection organization for god's >sake! That's for damn sure. And it's the point I was making. The represent big business now. if that's what you want, start your own. The EFF is a >lot more like the ACLU than Consumer Reports. >-- The EFF has nothing in common with the ACLU. In fact the ACLU was disgusted with the most recent EFF sellout. Have you read the Feb. issue of Wired--good article on EFF which mentions the ACLU. STeve
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11544f,ad7f1fca5ae3c06d X-Google-Attributes: gid11544f,public X-Google-Thread: 100ecf,ad7f1fca5ae3c06d X-Google-Attributes: gid100ecf,public X-Google-Thread: 1085e3,56825be7e9596542 X-Google-Attributes: gid1085e3,public X-Google-Thread: 1159e4,56825be7e9596542 X-Google-Attributes: gid1159e4,public X-Google-Thread: f94ac,56825be7e9596542 X-Google-Attributes: gidf94ac,public X-Google-Thread: 10f35e,21b9aabf3cda6f89 X-Google-Attributes: gid10f35e,public X-Google-Thread: 1038e3,21b9aabf3cda6f89 X-Google-Attributes: gid1038e3,public X-Google-Thread: 107e30,21b9aabf3cda6f89 X-Google-Attributes: gid107e30,public From: boursy@world.std.com (Stephen Boursy) Subject: Re: EFF:Dead. Date: 1996/02/15 Message-ID: <DMt6z6.HqB@world.std.com> X-Deja-AN: 139794342 distribution: inet references: <DLwB3G.D5n.0.sheppard@torfree.net> <freematt-1002961050100001@cmh42.coil.com> <DMLqtD.JyM@world.std.com> <312193EA.690D@cco.caltech.edu> organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA newsgroups: alt.wired,alt.journalism,misc.legal,news.admin.policy,comp.org.eff.talk,alt.is.too,alt.politics.datahighway,earth.general,alt.politics.greens,alt.politics.libertarian,alt.politics.usa.republican,alt.politics.radical-left,alt.politics.usa.congress,alt.fan.newt-gingrich,ca.politics,talk.politics.misc,alt.politics.reform,alt.activism,alt.censorship,soc.culture.internet,soc.culture.usa,soc.culture.usenet,nyc.general,la.general,tor.general