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Re: Canceling someone else's article

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From: John Otto
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1991 02:41
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In article <1991Jun1.172809.6198@rock.concert.net>, mcmahan@cs.unca.edu (Scott McMahan) writes...

>Wait a minute ...

>[sorry folks -- no LONG quotes of other's messages quoting other's
> messages ad infinitum -- maybe you'll all emulate me? :-) ]

>Driving is a privilege?  Posting articles is a privilege?  That's a 
>very interesting point:  who decided it was a privilege?  

The first I heard this allegation regarding driving was about 12 years ago. 
 Can you imagine George Washington or Ben Franklin going down to the 
government office to get a permit to drive a wagon on the street.  Now, 
before you say "But cars and trucks are so much more dangerous." explain 
the hundreds of thousands of horse-related injuries that took place in the 
1890s.
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From: otto@fsu1.cc.fsu.edu (John Otto)
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Subject: Re: Canceling someone else's article
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