RE: virus: MS Flip = DANGER

Tadeusz Niwinski (tad@teta.ai)
Sun, 28 Sep 1997 20:15:42 -0700

Tim wrote:
>On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Tadeusz Niwinski wrote:
>
>> This is a real WAR (a note for Tim: I know you read the "Virus of the Mind",
>> an excellent book by Richard Brodie, which has already been published in
>> Polish, but it does not automatically mean that nobody is allowed to talk
>> about DANGER anymore).
>
>No, but it does mean that we should see such talk as a tool used by the
>speaker to grab our attention and motivate our actions. This isn't to say
>that such a speaker is manipulating us for an evil purpose--they could be
>quite well meaning and genuinely concered for our wellbeing. This is no
>contradiction.
>
>Unless, of course, they are claiming that that *they* do not employ such
>tools and that those who do are the evil ones.

And this does not mean that whenever the word DANGER is used you *have to*
say something, Tim.

Seriously, do you think MS Flip software is dangerous?

Regards, Tadeusz (Tad) Niwinski from planet TeTa
tad@teta.ai http://www.teta.ai (604) 985-4159