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Re: Cops in the bars, from Diamondback newspaper

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From: Matthew T. Russotto
Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 00:00
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In article <35571d1a.883857@news.wam.umd.edu>,
Rob Rodgers <knave@acm.org> wrote:
}mwalcoff@wam.umd.edu (Matt Walcoff) wrote:
}>So the law says you're immature, but if you fight the law, then you're
}>being immature for fighting the law! Talk about a no-win situation!
}
}Actually, the easy way to win would be to prove to the majority that
}you're not what they think you are.

}Got news for you: the behavior of highschool kids today is more than
}enough to justify 21.  

When the majority uses the behavior of those younger than 18 to
justify restrictions on those older than 18, clearly use of reason is
a tactic bound to fail.

-- 
Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue." 
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From: russotto@wanda.pond.com (Matthew T. Russotto)
Subject: Re: Cops in the bars, from Diamondback newspaper
Date: 1998/05/11
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