I can't agree with your logic or with the conclusions at which you arrive this
time. However, it's clear that you can, at least, turn a phrase much better
than our chief exec.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo_at_siconic.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: World Trade crash...
> On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
>
> > Just to set the record straight ... I DID NOT SAY ANYONE HAD TO GIVE
> > UP ANY PRIVACY RIGHTS. What I said, was that folks will, ultimately,
> > have to make some choices. In case you wonder about that, read my
> > entire post, please, and don't assume I said what you disagree with
> > just to piss you off.
> >
> > what I said was, in part,
>
> Oh, I understood what you said. You were even kind enough to re-quote it
> for me.
>
> > "Sadly, the only way in which such acts can be anticipated and
> > prevented in the future is for us to give up some of the privacy we
> > cherish."
>
> And I still think you're incredibly misguided.
>
> > In this case, I disagree with Sellam ONLY in the sense that I don't consider
>
> No, you disagree with Benjamin Franklin, a founding father of this
> country, and a very wise man at that.
>
> > It starts with doing your part by obeying the laws, continues with
> > changing/obsoleting the ones you don't like, and making new ones as
> > they're needed, and, while it never ends, it also includes doing what
> > you have to in order to ensure everyone else does his part as well.
>
> Ok, let's arrest the President, his staff, and all the Senators and
> Congressmen who have put our nation in such a dire state by enacting
> policies that have made us the enemy of the world. Let's then turn them
> over to whomever is so pissed at them that they would kill innocent people
> to get at them.
>
> Are you willing to do that?
>
> > If you're not willing to do that, then you get what you deserve.
> > Unfortunately, then everyone else gets what you deserve as well.
>
> The U.S. has reaped what it has sown.
>
> I'm listening to our fearless leader right now, continuing to make a
> complete ass of himself. Impeachment anyone?
>
> Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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Received on Tue Sep 11 2001 - 20:29:12 BST