Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Lotus Marketplace Message-ID: <-837ZAF@xds13.ferranti.com> Date: 20 Nov 90 19:33:59 GMT References: <5010@rsiatl.UUCP> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 7 [John deArmond spells out a pretty tough set of requirements for use of a "database"... read <5010@rsiatl.UUCP> if you want more info] Sure looks like police state tactics to me. So what if it's no "tougher" than RICO or the some of the stuff the IRS gets away with... that's police state tactics too. The only reason we're not obviously living in a police state is that very few institutions have been given that much power yet. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com