On Wed, 2 Oct 1996, Jim McCoy wrote:
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 22:46:58 -0800 From: Jim McCoy <mccoy@communities.com> To: cypherpunks@toad.com Subject: Fighting Clipper III
Rich Burroughs <richieb@teleport.com> wrote: [...]
On Wed, 2 Oct 1996, John Young wrote:
The New York Times, October 2, 1996, pp. D1, D8. Executives of the International Business Machines Corporation said late yesterday that they were still lining up the final list of companies in the alliance. Those involved will include Digital Equipment and smaller data-security companies including RSA Data Security, Cylink and Trusted Information Systems.
We are in deep trouble.
Wouldn't a letter-writing campaign be in order here? [snip]
The word "boycott" leaped into my mind. I personally do not believe that I will be buying products from any of these companies, as long as thay participate in this GAK charade.
Such an initiative will need publicity and letter-writing early in the campaign will help us set the tone and points of debate on this issue. A boycott works best when everyone knows why and there are a few key phrases which can be used to get the message across. Something like "company X is helping build big brother, boycott their products" or a few similar sound bites are needed fast. The big brother inside stickers from the last campaign were nice, maybe people can come up with variations of various corporate logos or marketting phrases which help get the message across?
jim
I agree wholeheartedly. A boycott will be usefull, as would letter writing campaigns, bumper stickers, etc. The entire idea, though , must be _VERY PUBLIC_ to be useful. --Deviant There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. -- Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"