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Xref: sserve gnu.misc.discuss:6069 comp.org.eff.talk:8865 comp.unix.bsd:4410 comp.os.mach:2018 news.groups:49531 Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.org.eff.talk,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.mach,news.groups Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!torn!cunews!nrcnet0!bnrgate!bcrka451!cadnews From: nadeau@bnr.ca (Rheal Nadeau) Subject: Re: AT&T Long Distance Boycott (was: BNR2SS, Mach, and The Lawsuit) Message-ID: <1992Sep1.192349.26133@bcrka451.bnr.ca> Sender: 5E00 Corkstown News Server Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa, Canada References: <1992Sep1.090548.8351@uhura1.uucp> <1992Sep1.130800.14354@news.acns.nwu.edu> <1992Sep1.180222.20077@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 19:23:49 GMT Lines: 23 In article <1992Sep1.180222.20077@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee) writes: >In article <1992Sep1.130800.14354@news.acns.nwu.edu> learn@speedy.acns.nwu.edu (William J. Vajk) writes: >>>First, it does not affect "all of us." >>I am once again dismayed at the responses made by supposedly >>intelligent individuals to affairs which do indeed affect all >>of us. Perhaps some people simply don't se the connections. > >An article about voting for a particular presidential candidate affects all of >us too. Even if you're not a US citizen or resident, the US has enough >world-wide influence that which president is elected is probably going to have >some indirect on you. Should such an article be posted to a thousand-odd >newsgroups? > >Anyone can get heart disease. Should I post articles about cholesterol in >gnu.misc.discuss because it affects "all of us" and so can go to every >newsgroup on the net? And AMWAY salesmen, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Mutlu, all feel that everyone should hear what THEY have to say. (Fortunately, so far, only Mutlu has therefore decided to post everywhere - William, do you really want to join Mutlu as net.pest?) The Rhealist - Rheal Nadeau - nadeau@bnr.ca - Speaking only for myself