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

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From: Jim Mercer
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 03:09
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In article <2of9n5$jhe@panix.com>, Clay Shirky <clays@panix.com> wrote:
>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.

oh, i see, if i'm a US nationalist, it's ok, but if i'm a non-US nationalist
it is not.

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From: jim@reptiles.org (Jim Mercer)
Subject: Re: Hey, I know -- let's threaten the president in e-mail!
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Organization: Reptilian Research, Toronto, Canada
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