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From: jgd@rsiatl.UUCP (John G. DeArmond)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Len Rose and problems in Illinois
Message-ID: <4583@rsiatl.UUCP>
Date: 31 Oct 90 22:13:54 GMT
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gsh7w@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Hennessy) writes:

>If Mr. Rose was fired because he was arrested, and his employers found
>out about the arrest from Mr. Hough, then this is a miscarriage of
>justice. 

Which is really no different than if they had done a background 
investigation and had gotten it through other means.  What is the miscarrige of
justice?  Two points.  First, with a few restrictions, companies can fire
for whatever reason they want.  I support that concept.  Secondly, I
very seriously doubt that any company would fire a person based >>solely<<
on a single item from usenet or from any other source for that matter.
If, on the other hand (hypothetically) his logid showed up in sulog under
suspicious circumstances and they found out about his previous problems
and they found out about John's allegation and he provided the same kind
of "what I did wasn't wrong" drivel like I've gotten from him in E-mail,
THEN maybe they decided to fire him.

I've expressed my opinion here before that my leaning is toward him
not being innocent.  And as someone else has pointed out, holding 
an opinion is a luxury that we Americans still enjoy.  Nontheless,
I really do hope that he is innocent and that the governemnt is 
engaged in a big conspiracy.  I'm like a lot of Americans in that
I love my country bug I fear and loathe its government.  I'd love
nothing more than to see some SS stormtroopers go to prison over
Operation Sundevil and related operations.  I just don't think it
will happen in this case.  My opinion is that they'll get Len on
every charge and he will have helped make their case.  Which is a pity
for the rest of us who are at risk from a government gone wild and 
spurred on by the likes of Len.

John



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John De Armond, WD4OQC  | "The truly ignorant in our society are those people 
Radiation Systems, Inc. | who would throw away the parts of the Constitution 
Atlanta, Ga             | they find inconvenient."  -me   Defend the 2nd
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