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From: era@ddsw1.UUCP (Mark Ethan Smith)
Newsgroups: news.misc,soc.net-people,soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Re: Libertarian Theory and Libertarian Practice: A Portrait From Life
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Date: Tue, 15-Sep-87 04:55:31 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 15 04:55:31 1987
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Reply-To: era@ddsw1.UUCP (Mark Ethan Smith)
Organization: Traveller's Aid, Mundelein, IL
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Keywords: Libertarianism, Judaism, Censorship
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In article <1554@chinet.UUCP> rhonda@chinet.UUCP (Rhonda Scribner) writes:
>>>Gene has tried to make this into a political argument, claiming that the
>>>issue is "libertarianism." 
>
>Oh, fiddlesticks, Gene.  Do you think you're kidding anybody with this
>"intelligent political discussion" fish story?  Were you attempting to have
>a serious discussion about how Matthew's getting the boot was related to
>Judaism by posting to soc.culture.jewish?  You were writing rhetorical articles
>in an effort to sway opinion in your and Matthew's favor, period.  Any
>intelligent political discussion that resulted was incidental.

How interesting.  

It is totally irrelevant that the people who censored me and harassed
me and eventually succeeded in getting my password pulled on the Well
and on Chinet were mostly Libertarians and that I happen to be Jewish.

It is only a coincidence that the only people who get their passwords
pulled by usenet sites happen to be Jewish, and that the people who do it
happen to be Libertarians who, except in the case of Jews, pretend to
advocate "absolute free speech."

I certainly wouldn't be paranoid enough to see any discrimination in this.

Definitely a non-issue.  But if you happen to be Jewish, I'd advise you
to try to get accounts on machines that aren't owned or dominated by
Libertarians--just to be on the safe side.  ;-)

--Mark
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Mark Ethan Smith   ihnp4!ddsw1!era