Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!spool.mu.edu!uunet!indetech!hsv3!mvp From: mvp@hsv3.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: CPSR vs. EFF Message-ID: <9303@hsv3.UUCP> Date: 27 Jun 91 17:56:58 GMT Article-I.D.: hsv3.9303 References: <9269@hsv3.UUCP> <1991Jun26.055354.358@athena.cs.uga.edu> <1991Jun27.021408.19626@milton.u.washington.edu> Reply-To: mvp@hsv3.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt) Organization: Video 7 + G2 = Headland Technology Lines: 22 In article <1991Jun27.021408.19626@milton.u.washington.edu> cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson) writes: [other stuff deleted] >CPSR is right on. Having now seen the actual ad (Thank you, Sam) I can say that it's not quite as cretinous as the "Unix Today!" news item made it seem, but it definitely looks like More of the Same From All The Usual People. The type of partisan politicing in this ad is not what EFF is about, and can only detract from EFF's very important goals. This is true whether you agree with the CPSR position or not. Once again, the point of all this is not the worth of the CPSR position (though my opinion on the subject is probably pretty clear :-), but that CPSR and EFF are different organizations with different goals. This probably wouldn't need saying, except that a while back, someone asked about local EFF chapters, was told there weren't any, and someone else suggested that he join the local CPSR chapter. -- Mike Van Pelt When guns are outlawed, Headland Technology/Video 7 only Carl Rowan will have guns. ...ames!vsi1!hsv3!mvp mvp@hsv3.lsil.com