Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!rutgers!mephisto!mcnc!uvaarpa!murdoch!astsun9.astro.Virginia.EDU!gl8f
From: gl8f@astsun9.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Missing mission
Message-ID: <1990Aug25.170950.21543@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
Date: 25 Aug 90 17:09:50 GMT
References: <11446@medusa.cs.purdue.edu>
Sender: news@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU
Organization: Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia
Lines: 14

In article <11446@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> spaf@uther.cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) writes:
>I just finished reading through mailing #3, and I am disappointed.
>Why?  Because there is a very important mission statement missing from
>the list given:  helping to establish a sense of responsibility in
>users of networks and computers.

Responsibility can be instilled locally; rights can only be defended
globally. I find that I can do most of the work needed to make sure MY
users are responsible by simply talking to them. But I can't keep the
FBI from violating my rights by talking to them. So I do my part to
educate my users, but I need the EFF to educate the FBI.

--
"In fact you should not be involved in IRC." -- Phil Howard