oppose nomination of John Ashcroft
sparky
sparky at suba.com
Tue Jan 16 21:15:03 PST 2001
On 16 Jan 2001, at 19:54, Anonymous wrote:
> "Me" <commerce at home.com> wrote:
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "sparky" <sparky at suba.com>
> > > http://www.opposeashcroft.com
> > >
> > > I'm not trying to get people into any arguments here.. I
> > thought this
> > > might be appropriate since people here are concerned with
civil
> > > rights.
> >
> > Quite right, I am very concerned.
> >
> > Lets examine the page:
> >
> > "He has voted against affirmative action and anti-discrimination
> > laws, against a crucial AIDS provision."
>
> Hmmmm... "Ashcroft has been hailed as an ally by the NRA,
voting
> against trigger locks and the assault weapons ban while
supporting
> conceal and carry laws and gun show loopholes to regulation."
>
> > Excellent, he is clearly a firm supporter of civil liberties.
>
> Might I second that, in this case. Gee, maybe this website
should be
> named <http://www.supportashcroft.com/>; I was feeling kinda
lukewarm
> about his nomination until I saw it. Thanks, sparky!
Hey, don't mention it. But don't miss the other areas of his policies,
like women's rights, and such as the following:
"He supports limits on free speech over the Internet. He supported
legislation, later held unconstitutional, that sought to censor
communications over the Internet. And he supported legislation to
require mandatory use of filtering on all computers used by
schools and libraries receiving federal e-rate assistance."
Of course I realize that the freedom of citizens to bear arms is
going to be near and dear to many if not all participating in this
list. But one has to balance one issue against others. I feel that
women's rights are especially important in a democratic society,
and I also feel that anyone who supports the right to bear arms but
also supports the removal of separation of church and state, and
the impositions against your speech over the internet to which
such a postion leads, is not worth your time. I personally would
want to find a better figure to symbolize and speak for my right to
arm myself.
sparkane
>
> > Unfortunately, I don't see any place on your web page to voice
my
> > support for his nomination?
>
> "In 1999, Ashcroft recorded radio ads urging Missouri voters to
> support an NRA-sponsored ballot initiative that would have
allowed
> almost anyone - including convicted child molesters and stalkers
- to
> carry concealed guns in Missouri."
>
> Maybe I should move to Missouri. I've always wanted to shoot a
> child molester.
>
>
>
>
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