At 09:01 PM 1/31/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Bill Lovell wrote:
>
>> There are people in this group who are
>>very sensitive to this sort of thing: the admixture of gray ribbons
>>and book selling seemed inappropriate to many, including the
>>one who sells the books. . .
>
>Mr. Lovell,
>
>I have participated on the this list since its inception and the domain
>policy list since July 1996, long before my book was published. Most of
>those on these lists know me not as "the one who sells books" but as
>someone deeply interested in domain name issues and willing to commit
>substantial time and energy in giving visibility to the changes affecting
>this area of the Internet.
You miss the point. Is the gray ribbon for the benefit of people on these
lists? I should think not -- most people HERE are already gray, or are
at least aware of the issue. The people who come onto your site and are
one not aware of the issue, and not aware of your efforts, will take one
glance at the book offer and whip on out to somewhere else -- they
might have become allies but will instead disappear. THAT is the
reason one does not mix the two. And that's not my invention: it is a
standard PR commandment -- no. 6, I believe.
Bill Lovell
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