Re: [PLUG] SSSCA and Crypto back door thoughts

["Arthur S. Alexion" <arthur@alexion.com>]

Then why not just link straight to the Red Cross? BTW, food & dry 
clothing for volunteer workers is being provided by the Salvation Army 
who could probably use some donations, also.

gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:

> Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 12:13:56 -0400
> From: gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net>
> To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] SSSCA and Crypto back door thoughts
>
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 11:49:27AM -0400, Walt Mankowski wrote:
> > Couldn't we just direct them to the Amazon page?
>
> I agree with Dave Winer about this. Amazon's business practice in
> the day to day world makes me dislike what they are doing here.
> Sure, it's something that's necessary, but the Red Cross itself will
> accept donations, as will FEMA (see their respective web sites). I
> can see Amazon's action as little more than a ploy to gain popular
> opinion so that people will forget about their ridiculous patent
> issues.
>
> Those of you who'd like to tell me how inappropriate this kind of
> opinion is can kindly do it privately rather than wasting list
> bandwidth.
>
> Cheers...
>
> --
>       ~ g r @ eclipsed.net
>
> [pgp-signat part omitted]
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