In alt.cyberpunk, Ross Winn  wrote:   
   > I hear the term "updating cyberpunk" quite often, and it falls flat   
   > every time. I think that cyberpunk is a product of a very specific set   
   > of forces and attitudes that are now somewhat nostalgic, and almost   
   > "retro" for lack of a better term.   
      
   > Anyone else have any thoughts?   
      
   Agreed.  Punk is dead, or at least, is merely a retro neo-punk revival.   
   Cyber is now nothing special, with housewives as likely to use the   
   internet as anyone else.   
      
   Old + average does not make for a cutting-edge social movement.   
      
   --   
   In the councils of government, we must guard against the   
   acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought,   
   by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the   
   disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.   
   				-- Dwight David Eisenhower   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)