[sdiy] Tin Whiskers (straying OT for a moment)

[Scott Gravenhorst]

PLEASE STOP


Richard Wentk <richard at skydancer.com> wrote:
>At 16:59 12/01/2005, Glen wrote:
>>I saw a vicious "lady" on the Larry King Live show, several years ago, who
>>categorically denied even the remotest possibility that extended use of
>>cellular phones might cause tumors in some people.
>
>Corporations regularly hire these drones to do this kind of black PR work 
>for them. It's standard SOP. Often the drones know they're not telling the 
>truth, but they have some kind of bizarre brain washed attitude to 
>corporate welfare that puts the latter above any ethical considerations.
>
>You have to remember that in a very real sense these people are paid not to 
>be human, but to promote a line.
>
>I suppose it's a more upmarket version of ads and campaigns that rely on 
>BIGGEST BEST BADDEST WORKSTATION EVER syndrome. The difference is that only 
>teenagers with no experience really believe that the Rolakrog Yamahah 
>SX2021 is the biggest baddest workstation ever, and the worst that can 
>happen is someone wastes their money. In the advanced form people can, and 
>do, lose their lives to these lies.
>
>EM is really quite genteel, when you think about it.
>
>Richard
>
>

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