RE: WTO declares hatred for RTMark

[Stiens Eric <9946144@student.ul.ie>]

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> 
> First of all, it would be appreciated if you put in BIG BOLD LETTERS
> that this is a press release and that the sender of this is affiliated
> with the organization that the WTO is criticizing. This is 
> presented as
> some sort of unbiased news report (which most press releases do) and
> absolutely no REAL identification of who wrote it is made. 

ummm...i gathered immediately that it was written by the maintainers (or at
least comrades of) the RTMARK site....and I believe the BIG BOLD FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE indentifies it as a press release......most press releases
are written by the group they are about.....

> 
> To you, the sender of this press release, you have a duty to 
> tell us who
> wrote this, what your biases are, and to not try and pass this off as
> some sort of piece of objective journalism. To do so is rude and
> unethical.

WHAT? what kind of crap is this. the sender has NO duty to you at all. It
was obviously sent by people friendly to the web site. Read it, Look at the
site, and make up your own damn mind. Do Establishment papers tell you they
are biased towards the status quo??? No such thing as objective
journalism......

> 
> My other complaint is that this is a MAILING LIST. People come here to
> discuss issues, not to receive spam and propaganda which is 
> exactly what
> this is. If you have an opinion to put forth, do what the 
> rest of us do:
> post a normal message. Not this press release crap.

So discuss issues surrounding hactivism and the WTO. Discuss issues
surrounding the official condemnation of the site. I thought it was a pretty
good jumping off point for a discussion

> 
> However noble your intentions or correct your point of view, this is a
> disservice to everyone on this list.

what? why? better than all that echelon drivel that was being posted 40
times a day for a while....the list has been DEAD lately...(granted a lot of
us have prolly been busy with n30 activities)

> 
> What I find most amusing is that you proclaim to be an 
> organization that
> has as its goal "RTMark's principal aim is to publicize 
> corporate abuses
> of democratic processes." Well, while I agree with you and I like the
> web page (I thought the Giuliani one was especially clever), but this
> press release sort of goes against your stated goals.


sort of goes against your stated goals????  ???????? 

and no I'm not involved with that website in any shape or form...although it
did make me smile....

solidarity

Eric

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Eric Stiens   9946144@student.ul.ie  or  estiens@macalester.edu
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