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From: jya@pipeline.com (John Young)
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 09:00:29 +0800
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Subject: Leahy vs. Landers
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Thanks to MF:
The Washington Post, June 24, 1996.
Dear Ann Landers:
You have recently printed letters from people whose spouses
have left them for people they met on the Internet.
As a 55-year-old who has been happily married for 33 years,
I am living proof that the vast majority of us Internet
fans use our computers to browse newspapers, see the
treasures of the Sistine Chapel, check the weather in
Vermont or read the latest Batman comic. I think your
readers should be assured that almost all Americans on-line
have no intention of stealing someone else's spouse or
leaving their own.
Just as reckless and irresponsible drivers should not ruin
it for drivers who act responsibly, neither should a few
bored Web crawlers foul up the Internet for the rest of us.
-- Sen. Patrick Leahy (D Vt.)
Dear Pat:
You are a superb senator. Vermont is lucky to have you. As
an advice columnist, however, you aren't so hot. Granted,
most Web crawlers are fairly decent people, but many are
not interested in the Sistine Chapel or Batman. The
Internet is tailor-made for con men, the lonely and the
bored. The word from here is beware. More on this subject
tomorrow.
[Ann's two letters today exemplify the grief and joy of
betrayal and love on the Net.]
Questions may be sent to: Ann Landers, c/o Creators
Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Suite 700, Los Angeles,
Calif. 90045.
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