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From: earle@smeagol.UUCP (Greg_Earle)
Newsgroups: net.news.adm
Subject: Re: Saving the Net
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Date: Mon, 11-Nov-85 22:12:33 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 11 22:12:33 1985
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My Swiftian Modest Proposal for Saving The Net :

	Make sure all the backbone sites in the net are either :

(1)	AT&T sites;  -or-  (2)	Sites at US government organizations.

This will help with at least some of the 'phone bill costs too much'
whining we've been seeing.

Reasons:
1)	"We don't care.  We don't have to.  We're the Phone Company!"
	:. => "I don't care (about their phone bill).  I don't have to.
	YOU'RE the Phone Company!"
2)	*Everyone* gets to help pay the government's phone bills (thank
	you, John Q. Taxpayer), so no whining about unfair phone bills.
	*Everybody* gets to help pay!  How democratic can you get?
	Hell, I'd certainly much rather see my tax $$ going to support
	net traffic than building Nuclear Bombs anyday.

(% mail jedgarjr@FBI.ARPA  << "You see that? Put him on the hit list!" )

I knew you'd love it.  <;=]

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	Greg Earle
	JPL
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