Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!psuvax1!vu-vlsi!hvrunix!sbelcas From: sbelcas@hvrunix.UUCP (Sarah Belcastro) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: I'm pro Russian Summary: rrrrrrrrrrrr......soviet stuff Keywords: Soviet, UUCP network Message-ID: <471@hvrunix.UUCP> Date: 28 Nov 88 15:03:02 GMT References: <192@s1.sys.uea.ac.uk> <2326@cbnews.ATT.COM> <7961@dasys1.UUCP> <2338@cbnews.ATT.COM> Organization: Haverford College, Haverford, PA Lines: 27 In article <2338@cbnews.ATT.COM>, lvc@cbnews.ATT.COM (Lawrence V. Cipriani) writes: > I really do like helping people with technical problems. But how can > I be certain that the help I give will not be used against me someday? > > The benefits to both sides in such relations with the Soviet Union are > usually that they benefit more than we do. A USENET feed doesn't seem > to be any different. My quarrel with you is this: Does it matter that they receive more benefit from the link than we? We are all human and we should help each other out. You seem to be really fearful of people whom i doubt would be in a position to use anything against you, unless you plan on travelling to the Soviet Union. And, in my opinion, it shouldn't really matter whether there is a possibility of "THEM" using the fact that you helped someone against you. If people always refused to help others at the threat of personal harm, where would we be today? I firmly believe that humans are meant to help each other and make each other's lives better, thereby making the world a happier place. It's not as if it would be particularly inconvenient to answer a question on a network to which one ordinarily posts. --sarah marie belcastro. Bitnet: s_belcastro@hvrford (our mail seems to be bouncing at Drexel.)