Re: "Junk E-Mail"
Sten wrote:
They (as in, the government) has used the RICO laws against Operation Rescue, an anti-abortion/pro-life (pick your term) group for protesting/picketing abortion clinics and doctors who perform abortions.
And for successfully encouraging the murder of doctors.
If they had prosecuted under statutes which applied to everyone, I wouldn't have had a problem, but they are going after OR and similar organizations for using tactics similar to those used by civil rights protesters in the 60s.
Who were systematically arrested, beaten, teargassed, wiretapped, and even occasionally shot at. I *know*--I got firehosed, beaten, arrested, and wiretapped for what I did. That's why I'm a Cypherpunk now. OR has received far better treatment than the civil rights protesters ever did--or did I miss the news items reporting that Terry Randall and Ralph Reed had been assassinated, and that their lieutenants had been bumped off in black-bag jobs, and that their colleagues were chained down to chairs *in court*?
'Course, civil rights is Politically Correct. Abortion rights is Politically Correct. Protesting abortion is Politically Incorrect, therefore illegal.
Do you usually send nursery rhymes to mailing lists?
nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous) said: A> Sten wrote:
They (as in, the government) has used the RICO laws against Operation Rescue, an anti-abortion/pro-life (pick your term) group for protesting/picketing abortion clinics and doctors who perform abortions.
A> And for successfully encouraging the murder of doctors. Sorry, but the RICO case had nothing to do with any of the murders. And if you're gonna go after OR&company for encouraging the murder of doctors, I hope you're also going after certain rappers for encouraging the murder of police.
If they had prosecuted under statutes which applied to everyone, I wouldn't have had a problem, but they are going after OR and similar organizations for using tactics similar to those used by civil rights protesters in the 60s.
A> Who were systematically arrested, beaten, teargassed, A> wiretapped, and even occasionally shot at. I *know*--I got firehosed, A> beaten, arrested, and wiretapped for what I did. That's why I'm a A> Cypherpunk now. OR has received far better treatment than the civil A> rights protesters ever did--or did I miss the news items reporting A> that Terry Randall and Ralph Reed had been assassinated, and that A> their lieutenants had been bumped off in black-bag jobs, and that A> their colleagues were chained down to chairs *in court*? And the treatment you received then was wrong. Does that make admittedly less violent treatment of OR&company right? At risk of your calling it a 'nursery rhyme', or something similarly trivializing, two wrongs don't make a right. -- #include <disclaimer.h> /* Sten Drescher */ To get my PGP public key, send me email with your public key and Subject: PGP key exchange Key fingerprint = 90 5F 1D FD A6 7C 84 5E A9 D3 90 16 B2 44 C4 F3
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