[free-sklyarov] Thank You All!

Len Sassaman rabbi at quickie.net
Tue Jul 24 00:00:12 PDT 2001


As one of the organizers of the protests, I've never been disappointed
with the EFF's actions in this case.

The EFF has done everything it can to help set Dmitry free. Please, don't
criticize the EFF. Without having them at the table today with Adobe, we'd
have had a mere demonstration instead of a victory.


Len

On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Derek Balling wrote:

> No offense, but this coming from the organization that claimed they
> "could not support the protesting"?
>
> This seems a little... I dunno... hypocritical.
>
> I understand that the end result was good, but to imply that "the
> protestors" and "the EFF" were any kind of "team" is definitely (as
> far as I can tell) not the case at all. The EFF tries now to skate
> through the best of both worlds, disavowing themselves of the
> protestors and hanging them out to dry, and now claiming they were
> "part of the team" and a part of some "combined energy".
>
> Pick a side of the fence and stay on it. :)
>
> D
>
>
> At 9:15 PM -0700 7/23/01, Robin Gross wrote:
> >Thank you all for organizing so quickly and focusing your support so
> >effectively in this shared effort to free Dmitry and repeal this
> >harmful Act of Congress.
> >
> >I wish I could express how grateful we were at while at Adobe in the
> >negotiations today to be able to see the public supporters outside.
> >There is no question that it made all the difference in the day's
> >outcome.  This applies equally to both those who were right outside
> >the window as well as from protesters all over the world.
> >Today's victory belongs to you folks.
> >
> >This experience clearly shows that when we focus our combined energy
> >we can get results.  Now the DOJ and Robert Mueller must be
> >convinced its not in their best interests to pursue this prosecution.
> >
> >Thank you,
> >Robin
>
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