Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!pyramid!ut-sally!seismo!brl-tgr!brl-smoke!ron From: ron@brl-smoke.ARPA (Ron Natalie ) Newsgroups: net.religion,net.legal,net.misc Subject: Re: Autodialing Falwell - a different perspective Message-ID: <632@brl-smoke.ARPA> Date: Mon, 20-Jan-86 14:25:22 EST Article-I.D.: brl-smok.632 Posted: Mon Jan 20 14:25:22 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Jan-86 21:32:21 EST References: <1225@mtuxo.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 14 Xref: watmath net.religion:8994 net.legal:2767 net.misc:9183 > I cannot find words to express how senseless I think this auto-dialing > prank is. A man who supposedly supports the American Civil Liberties Union > is performing illegal acts to suppress Jerry Falwell's right to freedom of > speech. Eh? I can't see how he is restricting Jerry Falwell's freedom of speach. Next you will be saying that if I refuse to let Jerry Falwell broadcast over my television station, I'd be violating his rights as well. The essential principle here is that it is illegal to harass someone using the phone system. You should put a period after the word "acts" in your sentence. =Ron