Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!mailrus!ncar!umigw!umbio!ibiza!aem From: aem@ibiza.Miami.Edu (a.e.mossberg) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: USSR International Computer Club (was: Information on the ICC) Message-ID: <1322@umbio.MIAMI.EDU> Date: 25 Jan 89 15:21:42 GMT References: <10127@well.UUCP> <1315@orion.cf.uci.edu> <810@afit-ab.arpa> <824@afit-ab.arpa> <166@corpane.UUCP> <837@afit-ab.arpa> <481@telly.UUCP> Sender: netnews@umbio.MIAMI.EDU Reply-To: aem@Mthvax.Miami.Edu (a.e.mossberg) Organization: University of Miami Hertz Lab, Coral Gables, FL Lines: 16 In <481@telly.UUCP>, wrote: >As I recall, you hinted that if the Soviets were publicly known to be on >Usenet, most defence contractors would drop their feeds. That's their loss. >The net will survive without them. Gosh, *I* sure would be upset if contractors dropped off! Not to mention various military institutes. aem a.e.mossberg aem@mthvax.miami.edu MIAVAX::AEM (Span) aem@umiami.BITNET (soon) All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume. - Noam Chomsky