[PLUG] Re: It might not be eloquent...

[Peter W]

On Wed, 2002-05-08 at 19:19, Russ Johnson wrote:
> Looks like a form letter. Change the words "digital rights" (which you 
> probably included in your email) to any other issue, and that form will fit 
> for anything. Most likely, The Honorable Mr. Smith didn't read you email, 
> and some flunky working in his office got to choose what your letter was 
> about, type it in, and produce the letter you got.


Ya know, I used to be opposed to those form letters that some groups try
to get tons of web site readers to send in to their elected officials
(me thinking that hand written letters were more effective).  
Now I'm thinking that if the officials themselves respond to our hand
written letters with form letters, then why should we bother with hand
written stuff they won't even read?  It would be interesting to talk to
the "flunky working in [someone's] office", and ask him/her what is most
effective regarding letter writing - a few personal letters or a lot of
form letters?  Or neither?  

I don't suppose anyone knows how to contact our elected officials' hired
flunkies?  ;)


~Peter

 
> Aren't computers grand?!?
> 
> At 05:25 PM 5/8/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >Paul Heinlein wrote:
> >
> > > In late March, I posted to PLUG a copy of the message I sent to Sens.
> > > Wyden and Smith and Rep. Hooley concerning Sen. Hollings' Consumer
> > > Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act, the successor to the
> > > SSSCA.
> >
> >I sent a similar message to the same three. I received a snail mail
> >response from Senator Smith. Unlike your letter from Senator Wyden, this
> >one doesn't give me any hint as to what Senator Smith thinks on the
> >subject. Actually, now that I read it over, it sounds like he hadn't
> >heard of the issue before getting our letters.
> >
> >Dated April 29, 2002, it reads:
> >
> >Thank you for taking the time to contact my office regarding digital
> >rights. Your comments are important to me.
> 
> Russ Johnson
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