[11710] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: The EFF and Universal Access -- and Andrew Carnegie
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miles R Fidelman)
Fri Apr 15 03:02:52 1994
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 12:48:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: Miles R Fidelman <fidelman@civicnet.org>
To: Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
Cc: rothman@netcom.com, frezza@radiomail.net, brodsky@radiomail.net,
interesting-people@eff.org, farber@central.cis.upenn.edu,
opfer@radiomail.net, stahlman@radiomail.net, com-priv@psi.com,
ggilder@mcimail.com, barlow@eff.org, jswatz@well.sf.ca.us,
kgs@panix.com, media15@radiomail.net, spiff@radiomail.net
In-Reply-To: <m0pr4YE-000IDfC@crynwr>
On Wed, 13 Apr 1994, Russell Nelson wrote:
>
> Whoa, dude; weren't you listening in those civics classes you laud so
> highly? The government's role is to force people to do things they
> would not otherwise do. Otherwise, why have a government?
>
I thought it was to:
"form a more perfect union, establish justice, promote the general
welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity"
Miles
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