Gordon

I hadn't thought of raising an issue so off-topic from the floor.  Your
cautions nevertheless do suggest need for preparatory measures.

I will contact his advance people seeking an interview for a story in
ChipScale Review and will genuinely make reporting his talk my main
charter.  But lead-free fits his topic, off line.  I believe that its main
cost to society has been the waste of so many talented engineers' time
trying so hard in a futile effort to make lead-free solder "work". No-one
can measure the huge opportunity cost of this tragic episode.

Harvey Miller


--- "Davy, Gordon" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Harvey,
>
> I wish you well in your attempt to confront Mr. Gore, but you should
> consider the reports given in the past few days by Tim McGrady and
> others of the reception environmental activists give to notions contrary
> to their dogma. Even though Mr. Gore's talk is for engineers, given that
> it is being held in the Civic Auditorium in the heart of environmental
> activist (demagogue) territory, I predict that there will be plenty of
> non-engineers in the audience.
>
> I was a student at Berkeley during most of the 1960's and so had a
> ringside seat to watch and learn how activists operate. Alexander
> Solzhenitsyn was once booed off the stage while he attempted to deliver
> an invited speech at Harvard because the students didn't care much for
> his academic freedom. I don't think he was ever invited back. And
> speaking of Harvard, recall the fate of the president when he violated
> feminist orthodoxy.
>
> Assuming you are even given a chance to address Mr. Gore, I predict that
> you will be shouted down before you manage to get out more than a couple
> of sentences, and that he will not intervene to stop the violation of
> your free speech rights - particularly if you question global warming.
> (I regard the threat of a global reign of terror by demagogues as far
> greater than the threat of global warming.)
>
> I would not have the courage to attempt what you say you intend to do,
> including handing Mr. Gore a book. You may want to bring along some
> sympathetic EnviroNet subscribers as bodyguards, and someone with a
> video camera (hidden to prevent confiscation or damage). Don't expect
> that any fracas you get into will be reported objectively by the media,
> but it might make for some interesting viewing on YouTube. Do you know
> if he will be surrounded by Secret Service agents? I recall hearing some
> years back that someone once attempted to hand President Clinton an
> aborted fetus, and ended up in jail.
>
> This is exciting! Please promise to report how it goes.
>
>
>
> Gordon Davy
>