At 04:10 PM 3/10/96 -0500, you wrote: >Why would you restrict contributions to the new time capsule to not >include plastics? Some plastics are stable enough that they will not >damage other items in the capsule and survive themselves. Of course, any >attempt to give an adequate refleciton of late 20th century life must >include plastics (even if we consider that infoprtunate , it remains true). > Dan Freidus > [log in to unmask] > Since we are soliciting items from the general public, trying to control WHICH plastics would go in would be difficult. You're right about the lack of plastics giving a false impression, but the committee in our library putting this together thought it best to avoid the issue all together.