Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!watcgl!watsup!kim From: kim@watsup.waterloo.edu (T. Kim Nguyen) Newsgroups: can.general Subject: Re: The Newspaper Effect. Message-ID: Date: 20 Sep 89 17:32:41 GMT References: <141@isgtec.UUCP> Sender: daemon@watcgl.waterloo.edu Distribution: can Organization: PAMI Group, U. of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 34 In-reply-to: robert@isgtec.UUCP's message of 18 Sep 89 18:51:04 GMT In article <141@isgtec.UUCP> robert@isgtec.UUCP (Robert Osborne) writes: [news stories distorted by journalists] At least she got our names right :-). Rob. -- Robert A. Osborne ...uunet!mnetor!lsuc!isgtec!robert (Nice sig Bruce mind if I steal it :-) ...utzoo!lsuc!isgtec!robert ISG Technologies Inc. 3030 Orlando Dr. Mississauga. Ont. Can. L4V 1S8 Ah well, I was once interviewed by our local town newspaper, and I was discussing my views on military work done by scientists and engineers (I believe one should always make a conscious decision and moral judgement about the work we do), especially at CAE Electronics where I worked on a mostly-military project (which I regret having done). Anyway, I was certain I'd made my views clear on that issue, but I was shocked to read the article when it came out the next week. I was quoted as saying [about that issue], "Well, if I don't do it, somebody else will."!!! :0 I wrote a letter to the editor complaining about that, but we all know how large an audience those things reach... :-) -- T. Kim Nguyen kim@watsup.waterloo.{edu|cdn} kim@watsup.uwaterloo.ca {uunet|utzoo|utai|decvax}watmath!watsup!kim Systems Design Engineering -- University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada -- T. Kim Nguyen kim@watsup.waterloo.{edu|cdn} kim@watsup.uwaterloo.ca {uunet|utzoo|utai|decvax}watmath!watsup!kim Systems Design Engineering -- University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada