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Re: Hey, I know -- let's threaten the president in e-mail!

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From: Clay Shirky
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 23:09
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In <Co5zAA.E3y@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> rjwells@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Justin Wells) writes:

>What's the difference?  By publishing details of the trial you're breaking
>Canadian law, by threatening the president I would be breaking American
>law.  Do you see a difference?  I don't see a difference.

This is because you are indulging yourself in nationalist pride. You
think of yourself as a Canadian first and a citizen of the net second.

--
Clay Shirky
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From: clays@panix.com (Clay Shirky)
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Subject: Re: Hey, I know -- let's threaten the president in e-mail!
Date: 12 Apr 1994 19:09:25 -0400
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