Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!ptownson From: ptownson@eecs.nwu.edu (Patrick A. Townson) Subject: Re: Amendments Message-ID: <1991May6.230127.14334@eecs.nwu.edu> Organization: EECS Department, Northwestern University References: <1991Apr30.151541.20622@cbnewse.att.com> <1991May1.020435.21456@eecs.nwu.edu> Distribution: na Date: Mon, 6 May 1991 23:01:27 GMT In article lee@wang.com (Lee Story) writes: > >In article <1991May1.020435.21456@eecs.nwu.edu> ptownson@eecs.nwu.edu (Patrick A. Townson) writes: > > 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. Hey, personally I thought that comment about us all being too ignorant and uneducated to attend to our own needs and look out for our own welfare to be pretty rude myself. > 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? The ACLU does *not* encourage democratic choice. If they did, why would they be running to the courts all the time instead of to the legislature when they wanted something changed or corrected? They encourage rule by judicial fiat, preferably by the judges they like. In fact, if the judges they like were not available, then they probably would in some cases go try the legislature instead. But why bother with working to get people to vote your way when all you need is a judge to rule? And the ACLU is *not* a friend of most libertarians or Libertarians! Please note the lower case /l/ and the upper case /L/, the distinction being people who subscribe in general to the philosophy (like me) versus members of the Libertarian Party (I am not a member). They have done little or nothing to help Party members get on the ballot in various states, except maybe go 'tsk, tsk' on demand and spout off about freedom of choice. Patrick