I don't agree that the market is different than the people. And I hope that Information Freedom doesn't become as trivialized, trendy, and the property of dilletantes as the red-ribbon AIDS shtick. There is a danger to holding up the AIDS hullabaloo as a role model. To wit, the AIDS activists have committed themselves to a lie - that AIDS is an epidemic, a generalized threat to society. They are riding a tiger by the tail, for when the actual facts seep into the consciousness of the unwashed masses - which might never really happen, given the reality of our "whoever puts out their press release first, gets awarded the Conventional Wisdom seal-of-approval" journalism - then the AIDS-industrial complex is going to be in trouble. So, on with the paperclips - only, let's make sure that no Hollywood celebrities are allowed to participate. It's the kiss of death.... Alan Horowitz alanh@infi.net