Re: EFF:Dead.

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From: Jack Burroughs
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 00:00

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boursy@world.std.com (Stephen Boursy) will be held accountable by the US
Government for expressing free thought by saying: 

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->	Read the article on them in the Feb. issue of Wired Mag.--it
->covers the story very well.

->	I've never cared much for the EFF even way back when they 
->were in my hometown of Cambridge, Ma.  They always represented the
->interests of the business owners (ISPs, etc.) first over the 
->consumers of such.  That's not consumer advocacy at all.

->				Steve

At what level would you have been happy at?  If they protect only the
individual, but laws governing the business has not changed what good would
it have done?

There was nothing wrong w/ supporting/sponsoring ISP's.  They would after
all, represent a larger portion then just individuals.




---
"Pro-Abortion or Anti-Abortion?  Either way, NEITHER side will be able to
discuss the topic anymore, thanks to the Christian Coalition."

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From: got@popd.ix.netcom.com (Jack Burroughs)
Subject: Re: EFF:Dead.
Date: 1996/02/08
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