[news.groups] A Hello to Arms

wbt@cbnews.ATT.COM (William B. Thacker) (11/22/89)

In article <13286@s.ms.uky.edu> david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron) writes:
>
>	(ASIDE: If "they" want to start a vmsnet there's not reason
>	they can't do it, "we" (that is, Usenet) not only doesn't have any
>	enforcement body which *can* stop them but also a vmsnet.all hierarchy
>	is outside "our" jurisdiction)

While this is absolutely, true, I'm sick of hearing it.  Sick, sick, sick !
(And tired !)

Suenet is a major international entity, with thousands of "citizens"
worldwide.  We are a force to be reckoned with... and I think it's bloody
well time we stand up and be recognized.  We are continually trampled by
outside forces simply because we don't have "any enforcement body which
*can* stop them."  Enough is enough !

I hereby call out the Usenet Militia !  We need every able-bodied
newsreader out there to step forward and enforce the will of the net !
We need hordes of hackers, phalanxes of phreakers; a corp of computer
cunning unmatched by any of our enemies.  We need weapons; everything from
autodial modems to supercomputers.  

This Imminent Threat to the Net (tm) must be countered with force; our very
independence is on the line !  We must penetrate the enemy's computer
perimeter, infiltrate his chain of command, and destroy the foe !

To arms! To arms ! Fear! Fire! Fgrep!  And remember; Aunti Sue needs *you*!

p.s.  I'm taking volunteers for the net.suicide squad.


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