5 Jul
2001
5 Jul
'01
3:46 a.m.
That's because people all seem to care about guns ...
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne M. Smith" <wmsmith(a)earthlink.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 12:13 AM
Subject: Re: OT Celebration (Not intended to be offensive, possible humor)
note that I
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 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.