[11787] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Mr. Green Card makes the Times
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dick St.Peters)
Tue Apr 19 21:32:33 1994
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 94 17:18:46 EDT
From: stpeters@bird.crd.ge.com (Dick St.Peters)
To: com-priv@psi.com
Reply-To: <stpeters@dawn.crd.ge.com>
I thought for sure I'd have seen somebody else commenting on this by
now, but ...
Mr. Green Card Lawyer (and his wife) made today's NY Times, page D1,
picture and all. The article a bit flippantly has us all as a bunch of
elitist old-guard who just don't like a clever new use of our private
kingdom. This lawyer is not only unrepentent, he doesn't believe he
did anything wrong, and he fully intends to do it again ... and to
write a book about how to do it for others.
People, this guy is being turned into a folk hero!
It is my opinion that we have set ourselves up for this, by all the
whining on the net about things that really don't matter much. Just
when "the story" of the Internet as fabulous growth and anonymous
egalitarianism ("nobody can tell you're a dog") was getting old, and
attention was turning to the darker side - oldtimers whining about the
flood of newcomers - this guy comes along and fits perfectly into this
evolving story as far as a casual reporter can tell.
--
Dick St.Peters, Gatekeeper, The Pearly Gateway; currently at:
GE Corporate R&D, Schenectady, NY stpeters@dawn.crd.ge.com
