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From: gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
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Subject: Re: Druggies leaving Motorola???
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Date: 12 Dec 90 20:41:28 GMT
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In article <10818@helios.TAMU.EDU>, daugher@cs.tamu.edu (Walter C. Daugherity) writes...

[article about Motorola employees quitting because of mandatory drug testing]
> 
>Maybe that explains the bugs in the 68040? :-)
>Of course, maybe the people quitting never used drugs and are standing up
>against what they see as an invasion of privacy.
>Food for thought....


I know you probably meant well when you posted your note.  And I see the
smileys in your note.  But there's something really offensive to me about the
tone of it, particularly the title: "Druggies leaving Motorola???", which
implies that those employees who refuse to submit to an invasion of their
privacy are quite possibly guilty of drug use/abuse.  Think about it: if it
were decided that due to whatever reason the police were now allowed to search
anyone's home w/o a warrant, would all those who opposed this be suspected of
being criminals?

Yeah, I know, you didn't mean it that way, but think about it.

In any case, this should probably be taken somewhere else; see followup.

Robert


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