Re: LAWYER AS LAWMAKER COP JUDGE & JURY

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From: Chuck Kahn
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 1996 00:00

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In article <4ru12d$r9o@news.interlog.com>,
alchemy@interlog.com (Morton Goldmacher) sez:
>Your message is the second best way of expressing your outrage over
>the actions of iStar and other internet provider censors.  The best
>way is to use your dollars: take your business elsewhere.  There is
>nothing that iStar will understand better than a tidal wave of
>cancellations.

But look how the "vote with your dollars approach" has shaped the
video rental market -- Blockbuster, with its top 100, bland,
family-oriented inventory of VHS tapes, dominates the marketplace,
buying up every other video store in sight.  What if this happens to
the ISP market?  What if the only safe venture is a bland venture?
-- 
Chuck Kahn / odin@io.org / <A HREF="http://www.io.org/~odin/">Home Page</A>

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From: odin@io.org (Chuck Kahn)
Subject: Re: LAWYER AS LAWMAKER COP JUDGE & JURY
Date: 1996/07/09
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