From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 12:22:44 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: RE: Iranian clergic attacks Internet as 'poison' to the m...
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jbugden@smtplink.alis.ca writes:

> Subject: RE: Iranian clergic attacks Internet as 'poison' to the masses (
>
> vipul@pobox.com wrote:
> >*** Iranian clergic attacks Internet as 'poison' to the masses
>
> >A senior Iranian cleric called Friday for restricting Internet access
> >because the global computer network fed "poison" to the masses.
>
> I have seen this article elsewhere, and the sentiment is not as nefarious a=
> s it
> sounds. You may know that many Arabic and Persian countries have a heavy
> exposure to French. In this case, the confusion arises due to the similarity
> between the English "poison" and the French "poisson" which means fish.
>
> Restated, the problem is that the Internet is feeding "fish" to the masses =
> in
> the form of information, hence the masses are not feeding themselves.
>
> A similar English adage is: Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teac=
> h a
> man to fish and he'll eat for the rest of his life.
>
> As the mullah implies, we need to help people to increase their critical
> thinking skills, rather than passively accept what others tell them via the
> Internet.
>
> Start now.
>
> James
>

Fish is good for the brain.

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