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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (20171)	6/24/1998 12:32:00 AM
From: miraje	Respond to of 24154

Dan, Old Slade's plenty into the "planned economy" when it comes to his buddies in the timber industry looting federal property, but on antitrust matter, he speaks the TRUTH, right? Cool, I still got this small mind problem though. I don't consider Gortons timber policy to be "planned economy". It's actually quite the opposite. And, although off topic, I will admit that it's difficult to be a Libertarian and a tree hugger. I love ancient forests, clean rivers filled with salmon, wilderness and unspoiled wide open spaces. Finding a way to save what's left of this and at the same time preserve freedom is not easy. I don't know the answers. Wish I did. Re: Small mind problem. Keep working on it. There's always room to grow. :-) Regards, JB

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (20171)	6/25/1998 12:43:00 AM
From: Andy Thomas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Hi Dan, It's amazing that anyone thinks this is a country based on free enterprise (not you... someone who posted to you, i think). Getting back to my grinding axe, I think the copyright laws are the problem. We should allow anyone to duplicate and sell anything, then give the originator(s) a cut. I'll never believe that something like Windows 98 on a CD-ROM is worth $75 bucks or whatever... more like a buck or something. The same goes for those multi-thousand dollar packages... they'll never convince me those little 1s and 0s, easily duplicated, are worth hundreds or thousands of dollars sitting there on those CD-ROMs. The premise that media should not be copied is ludicrous on its face. The copyright laws are the problem. I don't care if Hollywood goes down in flames at copyright reform, either. <g> I do think that MSFT sucks less.. <g> FWIW Andy