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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Fred's Operatic Death
Message-ID: <0094A4DB.07478DA0@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU>
Date: 18 Jun 91 13:55:18 GMT
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In article <1991Jun17.222205.15504@sequent.com>, szabo@sequent.com writes:
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>>He pays taxes too.
>
>From his paycheck which is 100% funded by the IRS, he pays perhaps
>30% back to the IRS.  BFD.  I said his pro-astronaut posts were 
>"self-serving" and they are; they serve to provide revenue for the
>paychecks of himself, his boss, and his co-workers at JSC. 

Still doesn't mean he can kiss his right to free speech goodbye, does it? 
Of course, that little matter doesn't seem to count for a whole lot to you.
Governmental employees still pay taxes, vote, and contribute to the net. 

>The same cannot be said for my postings.  My employer sells computers to 
>voluntary purchasers. I do not derive revenue from any of the subjects 
>discussed.  

So this gives you the RIGHT to be the Czar of Correctness? 

>Of course he has a right to his self-serving propaganda; I also have
>a right to point it out for what it is.

Or let others judge for themselves rather than being a zealot about it?
Your propaganda on asteroid mining is getting a little boring of late. 

>>Personally Nick, I think if we were pouring money into Asteroid Hunting 
>
>I don't propose to "pour" anything more than a tiny fraction of what the
>astronauts are wasting.  Even that small fraction the astronaut groupies 
>want to keep for their own programs, as the recent Freddy Krueger war 
>so sadly confirms.

Oh GARBAGE, Nick. If the positions were reversed, you'd be the first one in
line to defend your institution.  

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