Re: virus: Time to infect and inoculate

Tim Rhodes (proftim@speakeasy.org)
Wed, 13 Jan 1999 22:19:05 -0800

Bill wrote:

>Tim, I havnt written much to u lately frankly cause I agree with u. BUT -
whats
>so funny about this. It looks like Jim is gonna try real hard to be
accurate.

I just meant the irony of a D.A.R.E. program teaching the dangers of programming rather than being a practical example of said programming.

But then, the, D.A.R.E. programs have recently been shown to actually result in higher drug use in the school districts that employ them over schools that don't, in `clinical' trials. And it's thought this may be the result of the backlash that happens when the kids realize that not all the propaganda they were taught is really true and, "Well, if some of what that cop told me about this stuff was a lie, then maybe I need to find out for myself..."

-Prof. Tim