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Article #1141political soapboxes (was Re: Why not pick ...)
From: Marcus J. Ranum
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1991 16:22
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1991 16:22
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If there's enough concern about political agendas that have nothing to do with the mission of USENIX, maybe the concerned parties could use the conference as an opportunity to do something outside of the conference, such as pay a mass visit to legislators, while they're all together in one place. I don't think that politics and USENIX mix very well, unless someone is legislating that the abort() library call should be removed from libc.a. If you feel strongly enough - don't come. Write letters saying why not, and so forth. Individuals should make their *OWN* efforts before they demand that USENIX as an organization makes an effort. mjr.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!decwrl!pa.dec.com!decuac!hussar.dco.dec.com!mjr From: mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum) Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix Subject: political soapboxes (was Re: Why not pick ...) Message-ID: <1991Jun29.162211.24875@decuac.dec.com> Date: 29 Jun 91 16:22:11 GMT References: <1991Jun28.123120.20479@crl.dec.com> <1991Jun28.165006.713@oar.net> <1991Jun28.214536.21138@visix.com> Organization: Netnews posting simulation project Lines: 13