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On Sat, 11 Jan 1997 [log in to unmask] wrote:
> In a message dated 97-01-10 17:41:28 EST, you write:
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> << followed Harry Needham(?)'s suggestion visit the Canadian War Museum
> site and found that I could not get past the initial welcome and so forth
> without "becoming a member." This involves no money but requires you
> to fill out a long questionnaire giving one's age, education, income, mail
> address, phone numbers, household income and I don't know what-all.
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> I just signed off, but I was quite irritated by such presumptive
> intrusiveness. Do Canadian public institutions routinely demand such
> personal information? Do Canadian citizens routinely submit to such
> impertinence? >>
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> This is known as marketing research, to label it 'nosiness' and to assign
> this action to a people of another country is inexperienced at best and
> impertinent at worse.
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> Jeanine M. Prickett
> Consultant - Prospect Research and Development
> St. Louis, MO
Sorry. I should have said "snoopiness" instead of "nosiness." I see
from your signature that you are a *professional* snoop.
Hank Burchard * <[log in to unmask]> * Washington DC | USA
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