From: wcs@anchor.ho.att.com
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 95 14:49:51 PST
To: ben@Tux.Music.ASU.Edu
Subject: Re: AA + Anonymous ECash = Unhappy Fundies
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> > It strikes me that this would be the perfect way to generate
> > consumer interest in anonymous digital cash protocols [. . . .]

> The "cause" will do much better if the first major association is made
> with something much less controversial.  Girl Scout cookies, say. 

Girl Scout Cookies do crumble a bit when crammed through the net,
and it's tough to deliver them to anonymous locations, unlike bits.
And there are moral concerns there as well - not only do their 
"butter cookies" use non-butter shortening (:-), but there's the
problem that it turns the Girl Scouts into a crass commercial enterprise,
just another division of Nabisco, instead of teaching the kids that
hard work will get them a 7 percent margin on their sales.

On the other hand, being able to have Girl Scout cookies or flowers
sent by anonymous donors may go over well in some circles...

		Bill