Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!know!wex From: wex@pws.bull.com (Buckaroo Banzai) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Len Rose and problems in Illinois Message-ID: <18127@know.pws.bull.com> Date: 2 Nov 90 22:01:29 GMT References: <1990Oct31.212235.6101@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <18666@rpp386.cactus.org> Distribution: usa Organization: Bull Worldwide Information Systems Inc. Lines: 26 In article <18666@rpp386.cactus.org> jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) writes: > > Ask yourself if you are willing to spend several days or weeks > sitting in a courtroom because you just had to get involved in this > thread. I try hard not to get involved in these discussions. I have my own opinions about Rose and Haugh. I also have a First Amendment sitting in front of me to remind me how important freedom of speech was to the founders of this country and how highly we should treasure it. I also remember a number of cases where the threat of libel was used in an attempt to stifle that freedom (the Westmoreland case comes to mind). John, please don't try stifling me. I, and the rest of the ignorami around here, are entitled to have, hold, and express opinions. At least for now. No, I didn't *have* to get involved. But rights are retained only when we fight for them. That's more or less what the EFF is about, n'est ce pas? -- --Alan Wexelblat phone: (508)294-7485 Bull Worldwide Information Systems internet: wex@pws.bull.com Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do.