Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!bu.edu!wang!elf!lee From: lee@wang.com (Lee Story) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Amendments Message-ID: Date: 6 May 91 19:18:18 GMT References: <1991Apr29.001738.1233@alphalpha.com> <1991Apr30.151541.20622@cbnewse.att.com> <1991May1.020435.21456@eecs.nwu.edu> Sender: news@wang.com Distribution: na Organization: Wang Laboratories, Inc. Lines: 36 In-Reply-To: ptownson@eecs.nwu.edu's message of 1 May 91 02:04:35 GMT In article <1991May1.020435.21456@eecs.nwu.edu> ptownson@eecs.nwu.edu (Patrick A. Townson) writes: In article <1991Apr29.001738.1233@alphalpha.com>, nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) writes: > In article <1991Apr28.061119.18402@eecs.nwu.edu> ptownson@eecs.nwu. edu (Patrick A. Townson) writes: > >I wish you would recall that it is supposed to be 'we the people' who > >do the governing, make the laws and decide how things are done ... why > >aren't we allowed to do it any longer? > But my main fear is simply that the majority of us are far too > uneducated and short-sighted. Screw you. Although I applaud the freedom (long lost in other "broadcast media") to use good ol' Anglo Saxon when appropriate without some bureaucrat crawling up our asses waving regulations, I would think that Patrick Townson, who has considerable experience at presenting his opinions to a wide audience, would have the sense to know that peremptory rudeness will not advance his arguments. Gadflies are always valuable, but recently there seem to be weak Morton Downey imitations springing up everywhere. Why is it, Patrick, that you deride the "Republicrats" who offer little substantive political choice, and then jump on the ACLU, who (despite undeniable errors of judgment, though not as crass as yours) do as much as anyone to encourage democratic choice, including making it easier for those Socialists and Libertarians you mention to get on the ballot? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lee Story (lee@wang.com) Wang Laboratories, Inc. (Boston and New Hampshire AMC, and Merrimack Valley Paddlers) ------------------------------------------------------------------------