From: deuman04@comcast.net   
      
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   Sabotage   
      
               What is sabotage?   
      
               My old dictionary states that it is as an act of malicious   
   damage or destruction, as one intended to obstruct the production of war   
   material by the enemy.   
      
               Then the subject of computers enters the picture.  I believe   
   that in 1998 the United States Government with all its lawmakers and   
   politicians knew that China had the computer technology that could destroy   
   the United States' technology.  It was a simply question as to how that   
   technology would be delivered to the unsuspecting common people for simple   
   usage.   
      
               I assume that every person in the United States remembered the   
   poisoned cough syrup.  Oh, let me work my memory.  I think that it was about   
   15 years ago.  I remember seeing it on television.  Yes, it was only once,   
   and I've heard it said that the blame was placed on the non-English speaking   
   user.  Just because the United States people have forgotten about the   
   poisoned cough syrup, doesn't mean that the dead child disappeared from the   
   family's hearts.   
      
               September 16, 2005, I decided to purchase a new laptop.  I can't   
   email my friends and family a virus, knowing that my computer has one.   
   First I drove to the mall and then to Circuit City.  The store was   
   out-of-business.  I did some grocery shopping, then stopped at a second   
   computer store.  The store had two computers on sale today.  There wasn't a   
   salesperson around when a second handsome, dark-haired stranger spoke with   
   me.  He explained the difference between the two computers.  The stranger   
   even had a little clippie thing that he placed into the computer.  The small   
   silver clip contained his downloads, so that he didn't have to go onto the   
   Internet for virus and worm fixes.  Immediately, I thought that I wanted   
   this machine and one of those silver clippie things.  My question was should   
   I buy the computer today or tomorrow.   
      
               I thanked the nice man.  He turned to walk away with a limp.   
   "Hey," I thought to myself, "I'm on a roll.  I'm buying this puppy-computer   
   today!"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)