PMORRIS@WASH-VAX.BBN.COM ("Mad Hatter", @%#*) (10/26/88)
Barry, Is there an address of the people responsible at CBS for this outrage. I think that one thing computer users have found is that BBS's make great lobbying devices, in that one person can take the time to compose a letter, and the rest can just run it off and sign it. It's worked before, mayhap we should continue (it's certainly going to be more scary to CBS than would breaking into military computers, ne c'est pas?). Phil Morris -- also speaking for myself
jwm@STDC.JHUAPL.EDU (Jim Meritt) (10/26/88)
>Is there an address of the people responsible at CBS for this outrage. I think >that one thing computer users have found is that BBS's make great lobbying >devices, in that one person can take the time to compose a letter, and the >rest can just run it off and sign it. It's worked before, mayhap we should >continue (it's certainly going to be more scary to CBS than would breaking >into military computers, ne c'est pas?). Not to mention having their phones runs every 45 seconds 24 hours a day.... Jim Meritt, for self only, as a thought not direction!
jejones@mcrware.UUCP (James Jones) (10/27/88)
In article <8810261332.AA11798@multimax.ARPA>, PMORRIS@WASH-VAX.BBN.COM ("Mad Hatter", @%#*) writes: > I think > that one thing computer users have found is that BBS's make great lobbying > devices, in that one person can take the time to compose a letter, and the > rest can just run it off and sign it. One thing that those who organize letter-writing campaigns stress is that form letters just don't cut it. They are easily recognized as such, and pooh-poohed as not really representing the opinions of the "general public" (whatever that is :-). If you're serious about writing CBS, then the following advice is apropos: 1. Don't just copy and send a form letter. Express your opinion in your own words. 2. Write to a specific person at a specific address; type neatly (or use your NLQ printer :-). Mail rooms can easily filter out letters addres- sed to "CBS, Hollywood USA" or which look from the outside like something ignorable. 3. Be polite. The above is vaguely recalled from reading about the letter campaign that persuaded NBC to renew *Star Trek* for another (half) season. (That said, don't blame Bjo Trimble for any of it. :-) James Jones, whose opinions are his own (would anyone really want them?)