OT Celebration (Not intended to be offensive, possible humor)

From: Wayne M. Smith <wmsmith_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Thu Jul 5 01:13:15 2001

> On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> > You can make the same argument for guns, now can't you?
The fact is,
> > lambasting any technology because of what it can be used
for is attacking
> > the problem from the wrong end.
>
> That's how I was hoping someone would reply! :-) Please
note that I
> was playing a bit of devil's advocate when I wrote that.
It's not the
> computers, guns, cars, knives or rocks that are dangerous,
but the
> people who use them for harmful purposes. If we didn't
have
> computers, they'd surely find a way to do something
equally bad, would
> then not?
>
Ask a question about a DECstation 78, you get silence. But
just mention guns, and everyone's got something to say.
Received on Thu Jul 05 2001 - 01:13:15 BST