"Terror Reading"
Steve Furlong
sfurlong at acmenet.net
Fri Aug 29 20:56:15 PDT 2003
On Friday 29 August 2003 13:22, Tim May wrote:
> I am giving thought to visiting one of my local libraries and
> sauntering up the checkout desk and casually saying "So, what about
> this Patriot Act and librarians narcing us out to Big Brother?"
>
> Then, after hearing her explanation, just as casually saying "Well, I
> hope it never happens. Because if I ever learn that you have narced
> me out, I would of course have to lie in wait until you leave the
> library and then do what needs to be done."
Yah, good thinking. Push the local librarian from siding with the
patrons against intrusive and unwarranted snooping, to thinking that
Asscruft may actually have a point if there are all these dangerous
wackos running around.
--
Steve Furlong Computer Condottiere Have GNU, Will Travel
"If someone is so fearful that, that they're going to start using
their weapons to protect their rights, makes me very nervous that
these people have these weapons at all!" -- Rep. Henry Waxman
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