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Think Ted Kaszinski- mail bomber here-- |  |
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Think Ted Kaszinski- mail bomber here--
Bill is right- Luddite was a religious based sect that started in PA about the time of the oil from the ground era (maybe 1856?) and that group opposed any form of progress- they were used to whale oil for their lamps- Kaszinski, a 190 IQ perhaps, math major at the very prestigious U of M--dropped out, became a hermit and also opposed computers and other "blessings" of the more modern age- My "lack of understanding" about computers is not only a reflection on my age (HS grad 1960) but because of all the advances to criminal exterprises it has accelerated-
It might have been the late Will Rodgers who said "Some folks rob you with a gun, some use a fountain pen" and today we can substitute the computer and the Internet for that fountain pen. If you have had military EOD training (mine was at Courthouse Bay Engr. School USMC Cam LeJeune NC) you have to marvel at how old hermit boy Teddy assembled his bombs in a one room cabin w/o electricity, and knowing how the baggage smashers have infested the USPS, that they didn't detonate until opened up by the chosen at random victim(s)-- Yup- gas axe or the "blue tipped wrench" are trade names from the welding field- just as "Hippie rod" (AWS code 7010) and "The Arkansas Bellhole" for certifying to API in the 5G position with a 45% bend to the joint axis-- 
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Francis,
They actually started in England, Here is a brief description I lifted off of Google, "The Luddite movement, which began in 1811 and 1812 when mills and pieces of factory machinery were burned by handloom weavers, took its name from the fictive Ned Ludd. For a short time the movement was so strong that it clashed in battles with the British Army. Measures taken by the British government included a mass trial at York in 1812 that resulted in many executions and penal transportations. The principal objection of the Luddites was against the introduction of new wide-framed automated looms that could be operated by cheap, relatively unskilled labour, resulting in the loss of jobs for many skilled textile workers." Bill
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