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Don Marti | 3 Jun 2002 18:17

Re: Entheta frenzy!

Hey, DMCA reform advocates, Janet Weiland from the Church of
Scientology just threw us a nice slow one.

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/3390045.htm

So now, instead of just the "controversial DMCA" it can be the
"controversial, Scientology-backed DMCA".

The San Jose Mercury News is pretty good about printing DMCA-related
letters to the editor, and believe you me, more people will see
letters there than even a "+5 TROLL" comment on your favorite
meta-news site where everybody dislikes the DMCA already.

Letters to the San Jose Mercury News Micro-Howto.

1. Pick one point to make.  Express it in 2-4 paragraphs.

2. Fire up your mailer and send it to letters <at> sjmercury.com.  Include
   your postal address and phone number, which are needed for
   verification but will not be published.

Here's an example.

To the editor:

Janet Weiland of the Church of Scientology, like other apologists
for the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, is wrong to claim the
DMCA is just another copyright law.   (Opinion, June 3, 2002).

The facts show otherwise.  The letter that the Church's attorneys
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Emad El-Haraty | 4 Jun 2002 00:11

Re: Entheta frenzy!

begin  Don Marti  quotation:
> 
> The DMCA is a bad law.  Far from aiding legitimate copyright holders,
> it only shrouds the deceptive actions of a cult based on bad science
> fiction.  People trapped in Scientology should visit xenu.net for
> help and true stories of how others got out.
> 

I'd refrain from flat out saying things like "cult based on bad
science fiction." Even though its true, the editors will rarely opt to
publish something that may be considered inciteful.

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Don Marti | 4 Jun 2002 00:33

Re: Entheta frenzy!

begin Emad El-Haraty quotation of Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 03:11:30PM -0700:

> I'd refrain from flat out saying things like "cult based on bad
> science fiction." Even though its true, the editors will rarely opt to
> publish something that may be considered inciteful.

They probably won't run anything from me so soon anyway.  Other
people should send letters too, and feel free to make them nicer.

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Mister Bad | 4 Jun 2002 12:42
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>>>>> "EE" == Emad El-Haraty <spork <at> zork.net> writes:

    EE> Even though its true, the editors will rarely opt to publish
    EE> something that may be considered inciteful.
                                         ^^^^^^^^^
dict insightful
dict provocative

~Mr. Bad

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Sean Neakums | 4 Jun 2002 13:35

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commence  Mister Bad quotation:

>>>>>> "EE" == Emad El-Haraty <spork <at> zork.net> writes:
>
>     EE> Even though its true, the editors will rarely opt to publish
>     EE> something that may be considered inciteful.
>                                          ^^^^^^^^^
> dict insightful
> dict provocative

dict monkey
dict poop

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Emad El-Haraty | 4 Jun 2002 16:25

Re: Entheta frenzy!

begin  Mister Bad  quotation:
> >>>>> "EE" == Emad El-Haraty <spork <at> zork.net> writes:
> 
>     EE> Even though its true, the editors will rarely opt to publish
>     EE> something that may be considered inciteful.
>                                          ^^^^^^^^^
> dict insightful
> dict provocative

not that kind of insight. I'm referring to incite as in incitement. :P

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Ron Guerin | 5 Jun 2002 13:03

They probably don't like Don Marti either.

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Mister Bad | 5 Jun 2002 13:17
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Re: Entheta frenzy!

>>>>> "EE" == Emad El-Haraty <spork <at> zork.net> writes:

    EE> not that kind of insight. I'm referring to incite as in
    EE> incitement. :P

I know. But "inciteful" is not a word, and it's too close to
"insightful" to be a clever neologism rather than a spelling mistake.

So you lose and I get all the PCs in your downline.

~Mr. Bad

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Andy Bastien | 5 Jun 2002 15:46

Re: They probably don't like Don Marti either.

On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 07:03, Ron Guerin wrote:
> AntiAdBuster.com - Protect your site from ad blockers and ad killers
> 
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> less leads/revenue/sales in spite of greater traffic to your site?
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> # Did you know users could download your entire site using site
> grabbers!
> 
> Today's ad-blockers are not only blocking banner ads but also have
> started blocking text based ads and affiliate links!
> 
> Till date you couldn't do anything about ad-blocking software's that
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> 
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Emad El-Haraty | 5 Jun 2002 17:39

Re: Entheta frenzy!

begin  Mister Bad  quotation:
> >>>>> "EE" == Emad El-Haraty <spork <at> zork.net> writes:
> 
>     EE> not that kind of insight. I'm referring to incite as in
>     EE> incitement. :P
> 
> I know. But "inciteful" is not a word, and it's too close to
> "insightful" to be a clever neologism rather than a spelling mistake.
> 
> So you lose and I get all the PCs in your downline.
> 
> ~Mr. Bad
> 

:<

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