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Re: MISSING PERSON (Repost)

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From: Bob Allisat
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 00:00
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> 
> I, Bob Allisat <allisat@lglobal.com> wrote:
> >         Is it just me or is anyone out there
> >         suspicious of these kind of articles?
> >         We are not snitches for the police or
> >         informants on our neighbours.
> >
> 
> dsprad@stservices.com (David B. Spradlin) replied:
> : Unless of course it was your loved one that was missing and you
> : were trying to find them.
> : 
> : The police are always the bad guys until someone robs your house
> : right. Get real, don't do anything illegal and you have nothing to
> : worry about.
> 
> 
>      Mr. Spradlin demonstrates the classical neocon
>      pratfall by imagining everyone to bo a criminal
>      who wishes to protect their privacy and safe-
>      gaurd simple, decent civil liberties. Like the
>      ability to move freely about *without* having
>      to inform anyone. Least of all the police. And
>      the same respect for our privacy must apply to
>      the rest of our very private lives.
> 
>      The police are absolutely necessary to keep
>      the peace and in unusual circumstances. And
>      totally unneccesary in our everyday social
>      and family life. What does Mr. Spradlin want?
>      Should we all have to carry identity cards
>      and report to police when/if we move? How about
>      arm tattoos of our Social Security Numbers?
> 
>      Why is it neoconservatives scream bloody murder
>      whenever governments try and control *any* aspect
>      of their businesses - and yet are so willing to
>      "unleash the police" into the most personal and
>      private affairs of free citizens? Maybe because
>      they realize that they have to control the people
>      and our behaviour in order to maximize their
>      already gross profits. And behaviour modification
>      is one of the most effective ways to do just that.
> 
>      I find the use of the Internet/Usenet as a huge
>      spying tool to be personally and politically
>      offensive. I am a law abiding, freedom loving
>      citizen and I will not have my employees snooping
>      about my private life with my tax dollars. We are
>      not criminals. We are their bosses - we pay the
>      salaries of the police, FBI, RCMP etc. Time to to
>      turn the tables and gain control of what passes for
>      government in these challenging times. Peace.
> 
>                      Bob Allisat
> 
> PO Box 191 Stn E Toronto ON CA M6H4E2       (416) 588-0670
> !! FLAME THE GAMES !!  <http://www.wtv.net/free/nolympics>

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From: allisat@lglobal.com (Bob Allisat)
Subject: Re: MISSING PERSON (Repost)
Date: 1996/06/24
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