From: David Sternlight <david@sternlight.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 08:14:08 +0800
To: perry@piermont.com
Subject: Re: US versions of Netscape now available
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At 8:26 AM -0700 7/18/96, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>David Sternlight writes:
>> >I'm glad too.  So how many minutes did it take to leak overseas?
>>
>> It doesn't "leak overseas" as if there were some regrettable lapse in the
>> plumbing. Someone has to commit a felony violation of Federal law.
>
>Yes, just like its a crime to smoke grass, or have sex with someone
>you aren't married to in half the states in the union. Of course, we
>all know that the truth is that other than bluenose fools like David
>Sternlight, most people in society have accepted that the government
>is just plain stupid and happily go on doing what they would do
>anyway.
>
>David serves, however, as a useful reminder of the fact that there are
>people out there who were so badly conditioned in childhood that they
>are unable to disagree with authority no matter how badly they would
>like to. I suspect that if a sufficiently highly placed government
>official told David to strip naked and have sex with a dog in public
>and phrased it as an order, he would do it, even though he would find
>the act repugnant.
>
>Luckily, after the revolution, the private sector will open centers to
>help people like David get over their inability to function without
>authority figures telling them what to do. Since the private sector
>has high incentives not to waste money, unlike government sponsored
>programs we can expect David and others like him to eventually become
>useful members of society.
>

Your contumely arises from your ignorance in that you are clearly
unfamiliar with my consistent position on the Digital Telephony Act and
many other issues.

Not everyone who disagrees with you on some issues is a fool or a knave,
and to say so suggests the need for a mirror.

David