On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 07:52:00AM -0500, Gary Denton wrote: > On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:05:54 -0400, Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert X. Cringely is pretty well-known.
As a pseudonym, sure. How many people do you think have written under it? > "Well, for one thing, I knew Fred Nold and hate to think that his work > would die with him. But much more importantly, we should care because > I'm told the Block and Nold study, which was intended to economically > validate the proposed sentencing guidelines, instead showed that the > new guidelines would actually create more crime than they would deter. > More crime, more drug use, more robbery, more murder would be the > result, not less. Not only that, but these guidelines would lead to > entire segments of the population entering a downward economic spiral, > taking away their American dream." > > Gary Denton It is really pathetic that you consider that a worthwhile "thrust" of the article. "I'm told..." that there is a great solution to a difficult problem that the Man has ignored? You, Gary, are the kind of person most responsible for people like Bush and his cronies coming to power. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
