Tomatoes for Verisign at NANOG 29

Thu Oct 16 19:12:04 UTC 2003

At 12:00 PM 10/16/2003, Owen DeLong wrote:
>Agreed.  I plan to wear a red shirt and bring a tomatoe.  The tomato will
>sit quietly on the table near me.  It will not be used as a projectile
>no matter how much Verisign tries to convince me it should.  Really.
>I will not throw the tomato at Verisign no matter how much they deserve it.
>
>Wayne is right.  For this to have the desired effect, we need to make it
>a peaceful and symbolic protest, not a brawl.

EXACTLY.

>I would also suggest that we try to make contact with a second-harvest or
>other organization that may be able to use the tomatoes afterwards.

Great idea!  Can we count on Dan for tomato acquisition and for Owen for 
post-protest dispersal to a foodbank?

jc

(I so wish I could be there!)

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