----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 6:00 PM Subject: Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack
> Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > <serious mode> Probably not nearly as worried as you > > must be, but - as has been noted on-list previously - > > the scare tactics being employed by the current > > administration to erode civil liberties (re: the > > Patriot Act), > > On that note: > > http://www.summitfreepress.com/S27story.htm > > About the "pre-emptive" arrests of some folks who'd assembled to > organize a protest; some media folks, not participating but covering the > event, were arrested, as well. > > WARNING: A few bad words, where people are quoted as having used them. > > What has me most concerned is the report of the law-enforcement person > saying "f*** the law". > Its not like that comment was made in some serious context. The cop was smoking in a no smoking zone, and popped off that little gem of wit, when challenged over it by a detained person. It really doesnt have anything to do with the overall event, and doesnt illuminate the attitudes of law enforcement during the debacle. Its the kind of thing that would happen even if the government weren't trying to crush the populace under its hideously deformed thumb. <G> xponent Righteous Indignation Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
