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From: rah@shipwright.com (Robert Hettinga)
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 22:08:39 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: More DaveMail: New Date: 2/22/96
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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 17:27:12 -0800
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eric.alderman@hmg.com, shabbir@vtw.org (Shabbir J. Safdar),
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From: dwiner@well.com (DaveNet email)
Subject: New Date: 2/22/96
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Amusing Rants from Dave Winer's Desktop
Released on 2/12/96; 5:18:26 PM PST
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Rob Glaser, robg@prognet.com, was the first to question the choice
of 2/12/96 for the 24 Hours of Democracy project.
He said: "I think this is a very good idea overall. But I think it is
unnecessarily (insanely?) ambitious to try to pull it off on
Wednesday."
Many more emails like that followed.
As the day progressed, I realized that while I'm itching to get the
ball rolling, it's taking longer than I thought it would for the
pieces to come together.
So we're pushing the date back.
***February 22, 1996
The start time will be: 12:01AM, Pacific, 2/22/96.
The end time will be: 11:59PM, Pacific, 2/22/96.
February 22 is George Washington's Birthday. A national holiday in
the United States. It's a bank holiday. The post office is closed.
We celebrate the birth of our founding father. The leader in our war
for independence. He was the first president of the United States.
The man who, according to legend, could not tell a lie.
So -- instead of writing a love letter to the Internet, tell the truth
about democracy. The founding principles of the United States. The
Declaration of Independence. The Constitution. The Bill of Rights.
How would George Washington feel about the Internet?
And even though 2/22/96 is not Valentine's Day, if you want to write a
love letter to the Internet, that's probably OK too!
Stay tuned to <http://www.hotwired.com/userland/24/> for news on
sponsorship, press information, free web posting via email, clip
art, and information about how you can contribute to the success of 24
Hours of Democracy.
Thanks!
Dave Winer
PS: Remember Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday is today, and remember
slavery, the Civil War, and then freedom. Can it happen here? It did!
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2/22/96: <http://www.hotwired.com/userland/24/>
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