NYT: Techies Now Respect Government

Mike Rosing eresrch at eskimo.com
Sun May 26 09:15:59 PDT 2002


On Sun, 26 May 2002, John Young wrote:

> Thomas Friedman in the New York Times today:
>
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/26/opinion/26FRIE.html
>
> Webbed, Wired and Worried, May 26, 2002
[...]
> Silicon Valley staunchly opposed the Clipper Chip, which
> would have given the government a back-door key to all
> U.S. encrypted data. Now some wonder whether they
> shouldn't have opposed it. John Doerr, the venture
> capitalist, said, "Culturally, the Valley was already
> maturing before 9/11, but since then it's definitely
> developed a deeper respect for leaders and government
> institutions."

Great propaganda!  Nice to know the press still has the will to force
words into all our mouths.  What a bunch of losers.

Patience, persistence, truth,
Dr. mike





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