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- From: chelf@lunatix.uucp (Chad Helfenberger)
- Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
- Subject: Re: Is it OK to be stupid?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.213942.2176@lunatix.uucp>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 21:39:42 GMT
- References: <qZP6VB4w165w@cybrspc.UUCP>
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- In article <qZP6VB4w165w@cybrspc.UUCP> roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) writes:
- >If Joseph Q. Six-pack is not bright enough to realize he's handing out a
- >phone number, so what? He might also drive without a seat belt.
- >(that's against the law) He might also smoke cigarettes. (a prime
- >example of a genuinely stupid thing to do) He likely doesn't make the
- >connection between the misspelled name on the TV Guide, and the similar
- >misspellings in 60% of his junk mail. In short, this is not a together
- >person.
-
- Nice analogy of stupid things to do with ignorance of the phone system.
- However, this is irrelevant. Stupidity is not the question here. Poll
- about 500 people in your local community. Ask them ONE question. 'How do
- you feel that telemarketers get your phone number?' Most will say they do
- not know. Perhaps 2% will answer correctly.
-
- If you prefer to call these people stupid, then you're calling a LOT of
- people stupid.
-
- >Why must we protect people from themselves? What does it gain the
- >the many to protect the one?
-
- For one reason. They are ignorant. It's called consumer protection. Ever
- heard of it?
-
- >Roy M. Silvernail -- roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu - OR- cybrspc!roy@cs.umn.edu
- > "I'm a model citizen."
- > -- Warren Zevon
-
-
- --
- Chad Helfenberger
- (chelf@lunatix.uucp)
-