Fw: Thank Our Military...

[Bill Nash]

On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Phil Mattison wrote:

> Forgive me if I seem unpatriotic, but this looks pretty weird. If I was in
> the Military (and I was once) I would not get all misty over an e-mail-list
> of thousands of strangers "thanking" me for being in the all-volunteer
> service. Hmm... did I say "e-mail-list?" I don't think you have to be a
> bona-fide military organization to get a dot-mil domain. Am I wrong? Could
> be a clue to the real purpose behind this chain letter. Remember the
> flag-sellers that came out of the woodwork after 9/11.

	nic.ddn.mil hordes entries within the .mil TLD like a child with
new Legos and ten siblings. You cannot get a .mil domain unless you're
part of some military sponsored or funded project, and even then..

- billn