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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (77499)	3/31/1999 6:26:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Respond to of 186894

Ten, By the way, I wonder how the following quote will sound to all those guys worried about the controversial Pentium III serial number (including Paul Fiondella): Although it is almost impossible for the Yugoslav government to shut down access to the Internet, authorities may be able to trace individual users. It might be a good idea for freedom fighters in Yugoslavia to avoid Intel CPU's. Scumbria

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (77499)	4/1/1999 10:55:00 AM
From: Paul Fiondella	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

About the Yugoslavian government tracking down individual users Let's be more specific --- it's the Serbian para-military death squads tracking down intellectuals in Kosovo and executing them. The term intellectual includes all moderate political leaders that are visible to the secret police, all writers, editors, poets, artists and other representatives of the literate community in Kosovo. So assuming you were using the internet to post information about what was happening in Kosovo in your town, with a registered (remember that is essential) PIII they could track the message to your house and kill you, and your family --- depending on whether the death squad contained hardened criminals or just the kind that believe it's their duty to kill you (the good Nazis). ===================== On the subject of invading Kosovo. It should be remembered that under the original plan the Serbs were supposed to allow a peace keeping force to occupy Kosovo while the moderate Kosovites set up an autonomous region within Yugoslavia --- not an independent state. The objective of the bombing was to limit Milosevic's military potential. Obviously NATO did not expect that he would turn the tanks on the civilian population the way he did. As to invading Kosovo with a NATO force, I'm opposed to it. Our objective is to diminish and destroy Milosevic's ability to create trouble beyond Serbia's borders --- to destroy his military forces. You cannot destroy paramilitary forces with bombing or even troops. Any invasion of Serbia will put us inthe position of trying to determine for another country how they should handle their internal affairs. That is not our purpose in the world. There is a big difference between supporting the right of self-determination and imposing territorial splits on other countries. (witness Vietnam, Korea, China, and the boundaries imposed in Africa to carve out various states along colonial lines---a source of endless trouble) =============== Back to Intel?