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Hey, if that's what she wants to say, let her say it.
You can read all you want into that ad, and you undoubtedly have some
good points, but I'm afraid that if she was really saying all of that,
she was being just a bit too subtle for all of us earnest wordsmiths.
You know your audience; she didn't. She should keep her mouth shut
until she does.
Thanks
Arthur Comings
GeoQuest
Corte Madera, California
atc -at- corte-madera -dot- geoquest -dot- slb -dot- com
> Is there ANYONE out there besides me who realizes that this "SKINNY DIP"
> bull was sent for a reason?
> Did anyone else think to write to the original sender and ask WHY?
> Well, not only did I do just that, but I forwarded "HER" response to this
list.
> I guess that some of us just missed the point!
...
> Now, maybe I am pushing this point, but I believe in what this person is
> saying: (1) First of all, some of us are not fortunate enough to "surf"
> the internet for Free, as in through an employment account; (2) If you
> personally purchase access to the internet, you should have some level of
> control over the nature of the materials sent to your attention; (3) It should
> not be the responsibility of the individual to police their own account -
> would you say/write some of the things that you have said/written if you
> were looking the sender in the eye, on your average dark alley-way?; and
> (4) Don't you agree that we, the consumers of our "route" on the highway
> ought to DEMAND an acceptable policy devised by the internet "managers"
> before BIG-BUSINESS (this term also means BIG$ and Broad-Lobby-Strength)
> asserts its influence?