AJR  Cliché Corner
From AJR,   June 1996

Cliché corner   

By Suzan Revah
Suzan Revah is a former AJR associate editor.     


"Tough time for Luddites . Not that the no-tech crowd has ever had it easy, but life at the turn of the century is just one big gizmo." ( Boston Globe )

"A science reporter at a Luddite convention is about as comfortable as an IRS auditor in Montana." ( Ohio's Columbus Dispatch )

"Like a Luddite loved by machinists, the man known as the Unabomber has been lavished with attention in that most technological of forums--the Internet."

( Atlanta Journal-Constitution )

"Smash a window and you're a punk. Trash a computer and you're a Luddite . Murder to bring down the social order and you're the Unabomber." ( Boston Globe )

"Call me a Luddite --or just technologically challenged--but the year I have spent on the Internet has been like watching paint dry." ( London's Observer )

from more than 130 references to Luddites, many
mentioning the Unabomber, during a one-month period

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