On Mon, Mar 30, 1998 at 07:57:44PM -0800, Dave Crocker wrote:
At 10:27 PM 3/30/98 -0500, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
NSI don't owe anyone shit...
instead of focusing on the question of NSI, versus not NSI, how about noticing that everyone has been overcharged (actually rather more than $15, but we'll take what we can get) and notice that the money is still around, and then just credit it back to the users.
If that takes a transfer from the USG to NSI, big deal.
Um... the problem, Dave, is still that the word "overcharged" is incorrect. NSI collected that money _as an agent_ of the government. They don't have it, much less do they owe it to other people. It's _that_ misconception which I was trying to correct. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth jra@baylink.com Member of the Technical Staff Unsolicited Commercial Emailers Sued The Suncoast Freenet "Two words: Darth Doogie." -- Jason Colby, Tampa Bay, Florida on alt.fan.heinlein +1 813 790 7592 Managing Editor, Top Of The Key sports e-zine ------------ http://www.totk.com