Hello Damon,   
      
    DAG>>> http://boingboing.net/2013/08/08/lavabit-email-service-snowden.html   
      
    DG>>> My Fellow Users,   
      
    LL>> I prefer the word participants, not users.  The word "users" has a   
    LL>> negative connotation, whereas "participants" is much more positive.   
      
   DG>Good lord, man, your massive intellect strikes again.  The URL was a   
   DG>_citation_ which is where I copied 'n pasted that public notice from   
   DG>the creator of Lavabit from.   
      
   So?  I was noting my own personal preference for the word   
   "participants" rather than "users" due to the negative connotations   
   of the word "users".  In no way was I saying or implying that you   
   and others are wrong for using the word "users".   
      
   DG>Sheesh.  Internet or even read standard (ink 'n paper) text much?   
      
   My sincerest apologies for not having a proper cite for my source,   
   as it was an op-ed piece in a local newspaper.   
      
   DG>I KNOW you've been around for awhile and I believe I've even agreed   
   DG>with you on occasion.   
      
   There are times when even President Obama agrees with me.  Such as   
   this issue.  Of course, he only decided to agree with me after I made   
   it clear that his NSA spying program needs some fixing.  In my message   
   to you, I noted that transparency is needed, along with congressional   
   oversight.  See how quickly the President responded?   
      
   DG>Oh and yes, I used 'internet' as a verb with the implicit subject   
   DG>being '[Do] you'..internet..*insert another option in a logical 'or'   
   DG>clause*.. much.   
      
   President Obama reads messages that are posted in this echo.  You   
   know that, don't you?  Keep in mind this is fidonet.  Not internet.   
   Some fidonet systems are not dependent on internet at all, having   
   dial-up only.  As such, even when the internet goes down, fidonet   
   will still be here, keeping communication between sysops and other   
   participants safe.  However, since Uncle Sam is still fighting a   
   war on drugs, no users will be safe at all.  Remember that.   
      
   DG>I can only assume you may have difficulty in parsing that, as well.   
   DG>Hope you've got another drink to wash your foot down with.   
      
   Absinthe.  Edgar Allan Poe's favorite drink.  From the House of   
   Absinthe, not the House of Usher.   
      
   --Lee   
      
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