Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 v7 ucbtopaz-1.5; site ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!decvax!ucbvax!ucbtopaz!bitmap From: bitmap@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: re: A Stilted World View Message-ID: <417@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA> Date: Wed, 14-Mar-84 23:15:30 EST Article-I.D.: ucbtopaz.417 Posted: Wed Mar 14 23:15:30 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 16-Mar-84 02:06:17 EST Organization: Univ. of Calif., Berkeley CA USA Lines: 19 [Mike Kelly, suggesting that he feels a bit insulated from the hardships of life, writes:] >I think the net suffers from the same trouble. We all take home our $30,000 >and up salaries, live in the suburbs, work in a growing industry where unemployment >is practically unknown. These statements are false, Mike. Whether or not most users of the net fall into your classification, I don't know, but they certainly don't apply to all of us. In fact, some of us in the "getting by on less than $8000/year [I think that was the statement] " catagory support Reagan over any of the Democratic contenders. You might examine some of your assumptions about "the real world" as well as your assumptions concerning net users. Sounds like a nice life. Sam Hall