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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: sci.environment
- Subject: Re: Loaded phrasings
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 11:29:32 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- Message-ID: <1k37asINN29k@gap.caltech.edu>
- References: <1993Jan14.055043.6799@grebyn.com>,<Jym.25Jan1993.0352@naughty-peahen>
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- In article <Jym.25Jan1993.0352@naughty-peahen>, jym@mica.berkeley.edu (Jym Dyer) writes:
- ==o= I abhor these things. Indeed, I not only abhor junk mail,
- =but I especially abhor junk mail that insults my intelligence.
-
- Then why do you post GreenHype's press releases to the groups? They're an
- example of "junk mail that insults my intelligence" if ever there was one.
-
- >=o= Fortunately, there's something you can do about it. Over
- >in alt.save.the.earth, Cameron Spitzer has made an offer to
- >convey complaints from net.users to Greenpeace:
- >
- > I've mentioned my concerns, and those which appear in these
- > newsgroups, to Greenpeace volunteers at every opportunity
- > and they always tell me to pursue these complaints through
- > the proper channels within Greenpeace.
-
- Do you suppose that requests that GreenHype include all critical information
- (e.g., the amount of Pu found on beaches near Sellafield, the time-frame for
- their 1/17 probability of a Candu meltdown) in their press releases might have
- an effect?
-
- >=o= Cameron will collect these "knocks" for a few weeks, post a
- >digest or summary of them, send them off to Greenpeace, and post
- >Greenpeace's response. Don't bother sending angry or hateful or
- >malicious messages, and do keep them as short as possible
-
- I didn't think so. After all, by your standards, asking GreenHype to be at
- least halfway honest must be either angry, hateful, or malicious (probably the
- latter, since it would rob them of the opportunity for most of their press
- releases), right?
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- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
-
- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-