On Thursday, August 28, 2003, at 11:08 AM, Bernie Cosell wrote:
> But what's fun is to observe, over the decades, how each succeeding
> wave
> of newcomers to the net decries the _next_ wave and tries to pull the
> ladder up after themselves...:o)
>
the net has always been a gated community. People are now upset either
because they have to pay for the gate, or because the community they
want to be in won't let them....
(in the old days, the gate was around the internet, making it safe for
us college educated techie types. And slowly but surely, we've let in
all those (shudder) other people, and it's never been the same. thank
god.)
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