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From: jal3495@ultb.UUCP (Jeff Leyser)
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Subject: Re: CALL FOR VOTES:  DID HE DO US A SERVICE OR NOT?
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Date: 10 Nov 88 23:21:16 GMT
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In post <1303@stiatl.UUCP>, pda@stiatl.UUCP (Paul Anderson) says:
!yes) the recent worm was a service and the fellow should
!     at least be left to die in peace (...if not thanked).
!
!no)  did us a great disservice and should be prosecuted to
!     the fullest extent of the law.
!Paul Anderson		gatech!stiatl!pda		(404) 841-4000

Dammit!  I am so sick of this I am at last going to speak up.

The above options are NOT the only two alternatives!!  As is usual
on the net, the issue has been polarized by several net.gods and (for
lack of a better term) net.anti-gods.  And, as usual, everyone is
rushing to join up with one side or the other.

Here is a news flash for ya, folks.  What RTM did is A Bad Thing.  And
the inaction on the part of those who knew about the sendmail bug is
also a Bad Thing.  How about a vote choice for 'he did us a great
SERVICE, and for that we should be glad, but AT THE SAME TIME, he went
about it all wrong, and for that he should be PUNISHED!

But there is a larger issue here, net.folks.  The world is NOT black and
white!!!!  Stop trying to deal with it that way!  Think for yourselves,
don't just line up with Gene (who I respect) because he is an outspoken
net.god, and don't just line up with weemba (who I respect)
because he is an outspoken net.anti-god.  Time and time again I have
seen the net become polarized by emotion, and retorhic, and time and
time again I have kept my mouth shut and fingers by my side, but not
this time.  This time the issue goes well belong our little net.cottage,
and extends to the fullest reaches of the media.  *Everyone* is talking
about this thing, and if we let ourselves be polarized into inaction, we
are doomed.
-- 
Jeff Leyser, Professional Student           {WCS}!rochester!ritcv!ultb!jal3495
                 a[b] == b[a] -- The Ultimate in Job Security 
        I can't have opinions, I didn't pay my opinion fee this term.