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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (85882)	12/1/1999 5:50:00 PM
From: Bill Harmond	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 164684

That's the thing. Trying to time individual high-beta names in this environment can drive one nuts, yet with all the price movements I have the nagging urge to "do something". Doing nothing is probably the best idea. The daytraders must be in chaos.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (85882)	12/1/1999 8:22:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Nazi Internet memorabilia auctions under fire By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES, Nov 30 (Reuters) - A fight is brewing over whether the eBay auction service should allow cyberspace sales of Swastikas, armbands that Jews were forced to wear at Auschwitz and comic strips depicting women under Nazi torture. To war memorabilia fans they are simply collectibles. But to the Los Angeles-based Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Center they "glorify the horrors of Nazi Germany" and their auction over the Internet should be stopped. A Wiesenthal Center leader is in Berlin this week to enlist German government support Fresh from a victory in which Amazon.com <AMZN.O> agreed to stop sales of Hitler's "Mein Kampf" within Germany, the Wiesenthal Center has turned its spotlight on another thriving Internet company -- online auction service eBay Inc<EBAY.O>. "Is it really necessary for eBay to market a Nuremberg Rally flag and other items which glorify the horrors of Nazi Germany?" said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, urging the California-based online auction giant to review its policy of making space available for the sale of Nazi memorabilia. A Nazi keyword search on eBay brings up more than 3,000 items for sale through its auction marketplace. They include 1960s U.S. men's comic books featuring Nazi torture fantasies attracting bids of up to $100 each, and an armband from Auschwitz with a Star of David going for $49. Cooper is meeting on Wednesday in Berlin with German Justice Minister Herta Daubler Gmelin in a bid to have German laws banning the buying or selling of anti-Semitic literature and other items brought up to date to deal with the Internet age. EBay says Nazi memorabilia is not available on its German auction site, in accordance with German law. But it accepts that buyers and sellers in Germany can, with a few keyboard strokes, access the U.S. site where the auction of such items is legal. "We expect eBay users to adhere to the policy and guidelines of the country in which they are living. It is not our role to police compliance," said eBay spokesman Kevin Pursglove. EBay has been criticized in the past for letting people bid on pornography and firearms. Firearms are now on its prohibited list, along with the sale of body parts, alcohol, drugs, animals, tobacco and some other items. "From the beginning, our community was built up around the idea of being a venue where people can trade virtually anything and sometimes that freedom allows the listing of particular items that may offend people," said Pursglove, defending eBay's policy as a facilitator of auctions between individuals. The defense is not good enough for Cooper, who argues that it is time for the burgeoning Internet industry to grow up. Cooper said many of the Nazi daggers, flags and SS badges now on offer on the Internet were previously sold in the United States at gunshows where they were sought out by white supremacist groups. "This is an issue of social responsibility," Cooper told Reuters. "You can't be featured on the front pages of major world publications and when it comes to social issues, say 'We're not at home'." REUTERS Rtr 19:24 11-30-99