Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!stanford.edu!neon.Stanford.EDU!DEC-Lite.Stanford.EDU!les From: les@DEC-Lite.Stanford.EDU (Les Earnest) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Amendments Message-ID: <1991May7.003525.18685@neon.Stanford.EDU> Date: 7 May 91 00:35:25 GMT References: <1991May1.020435.21456@eecs.nwu.edu> <1991May6.230127.14334@eecs.nwu.edu> Sender: news@neon.Stanford.EDU (USENET News System) Distribution: na Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University Lines: 27 Patrick A. Townson writes: . . . >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? Mr. Townson obviously does not know much about ACLU programs -- they expend a major portion of their effort on legislative liason and lobbying. . . . >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. Poor baby! Did you think that ACLU, which is not a political organization, was obligated to support the upstart Libertarian party just because they chose to name themselves similary? -- Les Earnest Phone: 415 941-3984 Internet: Les@cs.Stanford.edu USMail: 12769 Dianne Dr. UUCP: . . . decwrl!cs.Stanford.edu!Les Los Altos Hills, CA 94022