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by Vince Pecora (Freeman 95070PECO) (5/1/1989)
Dear Dr. Beckmann,
A few months ago I suggested that it might be a good idea to start
a "black list" of those organizations that are anti-nuclear and/or
coercive utopians. This would help your subscribers to avoid doing
doing business with them, and inadvertantly funding them. Your reply
was that this was not a bad idea, however there were many useful
projects that compete for your time.
This morning, as I was canceling my subscription to the
Wellness Letter (out of U.C. Berkeley - I probably should have
known better), I had another idea. This one (I think) would
require less of your time.
Briefly - let your subscribers build up this list for
you on-line, as the need arises. Subscribers who take enough
time to write a letter to some organization taking their
business elsewhere probably have a good reason. I suspect that
anyone who is capable of logging into your on-line system will
probably also use their computer to generate the letter as well.
If you also solicit a copy of the letter, it automatically
provides at least one person's reasoning as to why that particular
organization should be cut off. Note that this also opens up the
possibility of electronic form letters as well - much like Reed
Irving's Accuracy in Media's form postcards. Yes, form letters
are not as effective as self generated ones, but electronic
form letters are easy to add to and/or modify and then send off.
Futhermore, if you provided a very short downloadable
(is that a real word?) form for your subscribers' electonic
submissions, then you would find it simple to write a short program
to scan the known formatted submissions and extract information at
a later date (when enough of the entries accumulate) to perhaps
build up a true database of organizations that you could then
manipulate electronically.
Having an organized location for this type of letter,
has another advantage. I think that it would actually encourage
your subscribers to take the time to generate these letters as
well - why be a sheep if you can help to herd the flock?
Think of it - you could even organize the whole area
as Guillotine Courtyard!
Sincerely,
Vince Pecora
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Organization:
Wellness Letter
AKA:
Berkeley Wellness Letter
University of California, Berkeley Wellnes Letter
Address:
Wellness Letter
Subscription Department
P.O. Box 359160
Palm Coast, FL 32035-9160
Short Reason:
NRDC supporter
Letter Text:
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Dear Sirs;
I was preparing to renew my subscription this month when
I noticed an unbelievable reference to the Natural Resources
Defense Council as "a highly respected group of environmental
scientists and advocates" (May issue, p.7). To portray this
group of social engineers, who have done much to endanger the
true health of the public through their blatant misrepresentation
of facts and statistical evidence in an effort to delay the use
of nuclear power in this country, as "highly respected" is
very, very misleading.
That the writer and the editor involved in this deceptive
statement could be so misinformed is totally unacceptable for
a publication that I am subscribing to in order to inform me
on matters of my health. Your publication has lost all credibility
for me, and before I allow it to potentially mislead me in any
important health related areas,
I must cancel my current subscription which ends in September,
and ask for a refund check for the unused portion.
I am very, very disappointed, as I had trusted you to
provide accurate facts.
Sincerely,
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