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I have no religion about the particular choice of fruit/vegetable (yes, I know tomatoes are technically fruit). However, I think we should try to stick to Red and the symbolism of the tomato cannot be denied. It has long been used as a response to bad implementation and that is exactly what we are responding to here. I would welcome your oranges or any other fruit/vegetable of protest, but, I think tomatoes make the best statement. I have no financial or other interest in tomatoes (although I think they're tasty), and there is no tomato cabal of which I am aware. Owen --On Thursday, October 16, 2003 16:02 -0400 Robert Drake <[email protected]> wrote: You guys aren't members of a secret tomato vendor cabal or anything are you? Is other fruit allowed during the silent protest? I'm thinking about bringing oranges. :) Robert Owen DeLong([email protected])@2003-10-16 12:01:04 -0700:I would also suggest that we try to make contact with a second-harvest or other organization that may be able to use the tomatoes afterwards. Owen --On Thursday, October 16, 2003 11:36 -0700 "Wayne E. Bouchard" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just a brief statement that kinda goes without saying but I'll say it > anyway. > > > Although I'm not going to be there personally, I do intend to watch > the netcast. > > I would just ask (and I'm sure merit folks share this) that despite > the actions that have been taken by verisign and the conflicts etc, > that people please be curteous and not just outright harrass their > representatives but allow them to make their presentation as they > intend. (The last thing we need to do is lend credence to the > statements that have been made in the press regarding this community.) > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 11:19:59AM -0700, JC Dill wrote: >> >> Dan and Owen, I nominate you two for the tomato acquisition and >> distribution committee. >> >> To recap: At NANOG 29 in Chicago, on Monday October 20th at 9:15 am a >> session on "VeriSign's Wildcard Record: Effects and Responses" will be >> held, with Mark Kosters and Matt Larson from VeriSign and Suzanne >> Woolf from ISC: >> >> <http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0310/dns.html> >> >> If you are attending NANOG 29, please attend this session and wear a >> red shirt. If possible, please buy/bring a tomato. Take your tomato >> to the front of the room and place them in a pile before Verisign, to >> make it absolutely clear how you feel about Verisign's wildcards and >> sitefinder. Please do not throw your tomatoes. >> >> I wish I could be there! >> >> Now to make sure that someone with clue from the Chicago Sun Times and >> the Chicago Tribune are both there, with photographers. Does anyone >> on this list have any contacts at either of these papers? >> >> jc > > --- > Wayne Bouchard > [email protected] > Network Dude > http://www.typo.org/~web/-- Robert Drake Sprintlink NTAC Internet +140 464 90 372 (03 45 3C 6F 04)
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