Re: is this fake or what?

["White Raven" <white_raven@kbdnet.net.au>]

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I agree but the UN thing is officially documented. I think it was on one of
thier public archive pages of teh EU web site or something. I got the story
from Wired News... perhaps they too can fall prey to hoaxes and treat them
as serious matters?

Raven

----- Original Message -----
From: megan <megan@tao.ca>
To: <hacktivism@tao.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, 2 November 1999 9:48
Subject: Re: is this fake or what?


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> Okay - just a note here about hoaxes....
>
> if you get something that seems like it might be a hoax, it probably is...
>
> you can check out the latest hoaxes at
> http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html
>
> which is provided as a service to the internet community so that we do
> not have to suffer messages like this being sent out to 500 people on a
> mailing list (as you just did)...
>
> M
>
> "If we are to vent our riotous anger let it be before they try to murder
> Mumia Abu-Jamal, not after."
>    ----------------------Michael Parenti, 1995
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> On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, piLL wrote:
>
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> > sorry if i sound lame, but is this for real??
> >
> > i almost dont believe it...
> >
> > >US stamps for e-mails... Please read the following carefully if you
> > >intend to stay on-line and continue using email:
> > >
> > >The last few months have revealed an alarming trend in the Government
of
> > >the United States attempting to quietly push through legislation that
> > >will affect your use of the internet.
> > >
> > >Under proposed legislation  the U.S. Postal Service will be attempting
> > >to bilk email users out of "alternate postage fees".  Bill 602P will
> > >permit the Federal Govt to charge a 5 cent surcharge on every email
> > >delivered, by billing Internet Service Providers at source. The
consumer
> > >would then be billed in turn by the ISP. Washington D.C. lawyer Richard
> > >Stepp is working without pay to prevent this legislation from becoming
> > >law.
> > >
> > >The U.S. Postal  Service is claiming that lost revenue due to the
> > >proliferation of email is costing nearly  $230,000,000 in revenue per
> > >year. You may have noticed their recent ad campaign "There is nothing
> > >like a letter". Since the average citizen received about 10 pieces of
> > >email per day in 1998, the cost to the typical individual would be  an
> > >additional 50 cents per day, or over $180 dollars per year, above and
> > >beyond their regular Internet costs. Note that this would be money paid
> > >directly to the U.S. Postal Service for a service they do not even
> > >provide. The whole point of the Internet is  democracy and
> > >noninterference.
> > >
> > >If the federal government is permitted to tamper with our liberties by
> > >adding a surcharge to email, who knows where it will end. You are
> > >already paying an exorbitant price for snail mail because of
> > >bureaucratic inefficiency. It currently takes up to 6 days for a letter
> > >to be delivered from New York to Buffalo.  If the U.S. Postal Service
is
> > >allowed to tinker with email, it will mark the end of the "free"
> > >Internet in the United States.  One congressman, Tony Schnell R has
even
> > >suggested a "twenty to forty dollar per month" surcharge on all
Internet
> > >service" above and beyond  the government's proposed email charges.
> > >
> > >Note that most of the major newspapers have ignored the story, the only
> > >exception being the Washingtonian which called the idea of email
> > >surcharge "a useful concept whose time has come"  (March 6th 1999
> > >Editorial)
> > >
> > >Don't sit by and watch your freedom erode away! Send this email to all
> > >Americans on your list and tell your friends and relatives to write to
> > >their congressman and say "No!" to Bill 602P.
> > >
> > >Kate Turner - Assistant to Richard Stepp, Berger, Stepp and Gorman
> > >Attorneys at Law, 216 Concorde Street, Vienna, VA
> >
> >
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