Good point, I just saw on the news that the G8 summit agreed to spend 700
million on a program against poverty, quite impressive till you realise that
the summit itself cost 100 million.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Will Swain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 11:18 AM
Subject: RE: SS
> Yup....seems such a waste of resources too. I mean, surely there are many
> more important things to spend the time and money on??
>
> Race relations anyone? Or poverty?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wayne Putterill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 23 July 2001 11:18
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: SS
>
>
> It's all of us that have our communications monitored, I used to think it
> was just another crackpot conspiracy theory but sadly it seems we really
do
> have no privacy. There are even plans now in Europe to keep a record of
all
> personal email and telephone calls for 7 years - very depressing.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Will Swain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 10:27 AM
> Subject: RE: SS
>
>
> > Agreed, and that was really my point. DO you get used to having all your
> > correspondence monitored??
> >
> > W
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Allred [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 20 July 2001 22:35
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: Re: SS
> >
> >
> > Will,
> >
> > Given the tenor and content of the original post, I'm troubled that
> > anyone gave it a second thought, much less the Secret Service. However,
> > I was merely observing that the Secret Service is all business. Whether
> > their reaction was an infringement of anyone else's free speech rights
> > is beyond my ken, but I certainly feel less free now. The speed with
> > which they reacted strikes me as spooky.
> >
> > Will Swain wrote:
> > >
> > > But don't you consider that to be an infringement of your freedom of
> > speech.
> > > Surely there is therefore an implicit 'threat' that you will be
> monitored
> > > and action taken if you speak out of line.
> > >
> > > Where does it end?
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: John Allred [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: 19 July 2001 15:32
> > > To: CF-Community
> > > Subject: Re: SS
> > >
> > > Will,
> > >
> > > I don't know if you guys are "sheltered," but given Americans'
> > > historic
> > > penchant for assassinating Presidents, our Secret Service tries to
> > > gather as much information as possible on anything remotely
> > > resembling a
> > > threat. To paraphrase Tommy Lee Jones, in MIB, "Ma'am, the Secret
> > > Service doesn't have a sense of humor that we're aware of."
> > >
> > > --John
> > >
> > > Will Swain wrote:
> > > >
> > > > What, and that thing about the SS was for real. Guess us Brits live
> > > a
> > > > sheltered life!!
> > > >
> > > > Will
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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