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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