[11834] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Mr. Green Card makes the Times
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark R. Ludwig)
Thu Apr 21 18:09:22 1994
To: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9404202135.aa12372@looking.clarinet.com>
from "Brad Templeton" on Wed, 20 Apr 1994 21:35:51 PDT.
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 10:41:43 -0700
From: "Mark R. Ludwig" <Mark-Ludwig@uai.com>
>>>>> "Brad" == Brad Templeton <brad@looking.clarinet.com> writes:
Brad> Those who spout an ideology of "thou shalt do no commerce" have clouded
Brad> the issue about what got people so upset. The Times viewed it as people
Brad> getting upset over commerce, which is not at all the truth.
Not having read the NYT story, it sounds like the NPR report was
slightly better. The "consultant" they interviewed on All Things
Considered called the posting a metaphorical billboard in the middle
of a national park. He focussed more on the way it was sent to every
newsgroup -- not just those related to immigration -- but still fell
into the people-on-the-Internet-don't-like-commerce party line as a
backdrop for why it's a metaphorical national park which needs to be
preserved. Details like USENET versus Internet were completely
mangled. "Flame" was defined as "hate e-mail." Robert Siegel (sp?)
asked about it because he saw the term "flame" in the NYT story.
That NPR carried it at all startled me. Bad press is better than no
press? I think not.$$
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