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From: cc100jr@gitpyr.UUCP (Joel M. Rives)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Usenet should exclude South Africa
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Date: Mon, 13-Jan-86 14:36:39 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 13 14:36:39 1986
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In article <4061@mhuxd.UUCP> wolit@mhuxd.UUCP (Jan Wolitzky) writes:
>
>I'm not sure how threatened Pretoria would feel by a cutoff of Usenet,
>but if one were to consider the indispensible role of the South
>African passbook system in maintaining Apartheid, the indispensible
>role of IBM computers in maintaining the passbook system, and the
>indispensible role of U.S. computer professionals in maintaining IBM, 
>then the possibility of a far more effective boycott might become 
>apparent.
>-- 
>Jan Wolitzky, AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ; 201 582-2998; mhuxd!wolit
>(Affiliation given for identification purposes only)

This is a very interesting concept!

Would you mind elaborating a little on your statements? The possibilities
that you seem to suggest are rather far reaching indeed - as any one who
has come to depend upon computers for a great deal of their automation
should know.

Besides... suppose a small group of very bored and very intelligent young
hackers were to manage their way into Pretoria's Databanks. Hmmm....

			    
Joel Rives
Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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