<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Doppy:
What victory?
CAPPS II and things like the Total Information Awareness project don't go away, they go underground. We remove the public funding for them and switch it to private funding.
You don't think it actually costs $60,000 for a hammer, do you?
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You're correct - Orwellian things like this don't go away -- BUT, I consider it a victory that it was temporarily stopped when the funding was yanked; I see it as a victory that the setup between CAPPS II & DL is no more.
Now a different approach is being taken with a watered-down (but in many ways worse) CAPPS II. It won't go away easily, but every victory, regardless of how small, amounts to something. If the Cendant / CAPPS II project falls apart, I'm sure it will still be persued by our Orwellian administration -- but if it falls apart, that too would be a victory.
Now it's time to stop Cendant & CAPPS II, as DL & CAPPS II was previously stopped. Cendant, like DL, is a public corporation, and customers have choice. A good approach is to boycott Cendant and hit em' where it hurts, in the pocketbook. Cendant has to answer to their shareholders -- the shareholders will not be happy if a serious (and successful) effort is made in boycotting the company which results in reduced $$$s.
Best,
SDF_Traveler
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[This message has been edited by SDF_Traveler (edited 08-18-2003).]