
MSG LEFT BY: SIR THOMAS SCHMOLLING
DATE POSTED: 

ANOTHER SOAPBOX EDITORIAL:
 
THERE WAS AN INTERESTING EDITORIAL IN A
RECENT ISSUE OF THE OREGONIAN. SOMEONE
WHO WAS IN THE PLANNING OF THE FEDERAL
TAX "SIMPLIFACTION" PLAN SAID THAT THE
PLAN COULD BE EASILY MODIFIED AND RE-
EVALUATED BECAUSE IT WAS WRITTEN ON A
WORD PROCESSOR. THE AUTHOR DESCRIBED AN
ERRIE 1984ISH WORLD WHERE HISTORY COULD
BE CHANGED AT WILL BY THE GOVERNMENT
BECAUSE IT WAS ALL STORED DIGITALLY.
 
ALTHOUGH THIS IS POSSIBLE, THE AUTHOR
STUPIDLY IGNORED THE OTHER ADVANTAGES 
OF HAVING HISTORY  OR ANYTHING ON A
COMPUTER. THE DATA COULD BE EASILY
COPIED GIVING ANYONE A COPY OF ANYTHING
THEY WANTED. IN FACT, THE COPIES COULD
BE CHECKED WITH THE ORIGINAL BY
COMPUTER; THEREFORE ALTERING THE DATA
BY HACKERS OR AN EVEL PRESIDENT
WOULD BE EVEN HARDER THAN IT IS NOW TO
ALTER DOCUMENTS BY USING THE "LIQUID
PAPER" OR DOCUMENT EXCHANGE METHODS
USED NOW.
 
GENUG GESAGT-
 
SIR THOMAS SCHMOLLING
