]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] A BLACKLISTING IDEA [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ by Vince Pecora (Freeman 95070PECO) (5/1/1989) Dear Dr. Beckmann, A few months ago I suggested that it might be a good idea to start a "black list" of those organizations that are anti-nuclear and/or coercive utopians. This would help your subscribers to avoid doing doing business with them, and inadvertantly funding them. Your reply was that this was not a bad idea, however there were many useful projects that compete for your time. This morning, as I was canceling my subscription to the Wellness Letter (out of U.C. Berkeley - I probably should have known better), I had another idea. This one (I think) would require less of your time. Briefly - let your subscribers build up this list for you on-line, as the need arises. Subscribers who take enough time to write a letter to some organization taking their business elsewhere probably have a good reason. I suspect that anyone who is capable of logging into your on-line system will probably also use their computer to generate the letter as well. If you also solicit a copy of the letter, it automatically provides at least one person's reasoning as to why that particular organization should be cut off. Note that this also opens up the possibility of electronic form letters as well - much like Reed Irving's Accuracy in Media's form postcards. Yes, form letters are not as effective as self generated ones, but electronic form letters are easy to add to and/or modify and then send off. Futhermore, if you provided a very short downloadable (is that a real word?) form for your subscribers' electonic submissions, then you would find it simple to write a short program to scan the known formatted submissions and extract information at a later date (when enough of the entries accumulate) to perhaps build up a true database of organizations that you could then manipulate electronically. Having an organized location for this type of letter, has another advantage. I think that it would actually encourage your subscribers to take the time to generate these letters as well - why be a sheep if you can help to herd the flock? Think of it - you could even organize the whole area as Guillotine Courtyard! Sincerely, Vince Pecora ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Organization: Wellness Letter AKA: Berkeley Wellness Letter University of California, Berkeley Wellnes Letter Address: Wellness Letter Subscription Department P.O. Box 359160 Palm Coast, FL 32035-9160 Short Reason: NRDC supporter Letter Text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Sirs; I was preparing to renew my subscription this month when I noticed an unbelievable reference to the Natural Resources Defense Council as "a highly respected group of environmental scientists and advocates" (May issue, p.7). To portray this group of social engineers, who have done much to endanger the true health of the public through their blatant misrepresentation of facts and statistical evidence in an effort to delay the use of nuclear power in this country, as "highly respected" is very, very misleading. That the writer and the editor involved in this deceptive statement could be so misinformed is totally unacceptable for a publication that I am subscribing to in order to inform me on matters of my health. Your publication has lost all credibility for me, and before I allow it to potentially mislead me in any important health related areas, I must cancel my current subscription which ends in September, and ask for a refund check for the unused portion. I am very, very disappointed, as I had trusted you to provide accurate facts. Sincerely, ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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