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From: steve@edm.UUCP (Stephen Samuel)
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Subject: Re: FCC?  U.S.Mail.? (Re: JJ's Revenge -- Part II)
Message-ID: <3138@edm.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jun 88 08:29:20 GMT
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From article <75@uisc1.UUCP>, by root@uisc1.UUCP (Super user):
> In article <3132@edm.UUCP>, steve@edm.UUCP (Stephen Samuel) writes:
>> 
>> I think, however, that it is useful to stomp on people that do things like
>> what JJ did, before the FCC decides to regulate things pre-emptively.

> I am about to write something that I would venture to say 99% of readers
> will take the wrong way. 
> 
> What I am reading here is that we should "stomp" on someone like JJ, who
> has not done anything illegal (any proof to the contrary - not emotional
> 
> About 40 years ago there were a group of people who did that also. In
> fear of being hunted and illegally persecuted, a group a Jews in Nazi
> Germany became informers for the Nazi government against other Jews in
> exchange for preferential treatment. Do we want to become the same kinds
> of people as that?

You have some valid points (I'm sure) but to clarify: In 'stomping on' JJ
I referred to helping the Govt. agencies figure out IF JJ had done something
wrong and, if so, how to get him.  If what JJ did was perfectly legal, then
there isn't much that the authorities could do to him anyways.
 JJ is free to speak up, but If he made false representation about his 
financial/student status in his plea for money, then this could constitute
fraud (which IS illegal).  This is part of why it might be useful to find
out who he really is... to find out just how much of what he said is TRUE.

 3: The NAZIs: On the other hand, if people had fought Hitler and the
NAZIs when they STARTED (rather than waiting until he had half of Europe),
we might have had a few million less dead and mutilated bodies as a result.
It is an double blade you invoke. The question is: is JJ more like an 
innocent victim or vivious threat?  If you let everybody do what they
want until too many people die (how many is too many? your mother?)
then you will sooner or later end up with another hitler/stalin.
If you let NOBODY do what they want, then you could, all to easily,
end up BEING one your self.  You have to fid a reasonable border between
the two.  In my mind, JJ may have crossed that border.
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