>I've found that in my travels, that isn't usually the case. Most people >can tell the difference between a few crooks and thugs and the entire >population, and are quite sympathetic for those of us who are directly >affected, especially in countries that have recently suffered under >fascist regimes.
I think that was the case up to a couple of years ago. Now they can't understand why we did not throw the bums out and have concluded that most Americans are evil. Much the same thing as the turn the EULA thread just took. People are not paying attention to the legislation being passed, are not contacting their legislators, are not protesting. Much of it is getting caught up in short term thinking. Notice how the bums are constantly promising that everything will be peachy in 3-6 months. One short-term plan follows another -- again and again and again. Just like MS keeps promising that the next round of patches will finally solve all their security problems. Patch, patch, patch, patch, patch, patch, patch, patch, patch... ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
