Ah, thanks for the background. I'd be happy to publicize the SPLC's silliness. (See: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03500.html)
But I haven't seen any verifiable evidence (a URL, news story) saying that MFN was listed as a hate group. Can you either point me to such a reference or write a summary that I can distribute? Thanks, Declan On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 08:04:48PM -0600, Alif The Terrible wrote: > I suppose a little background would help :-) > > Check out: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/secpubs/computer.pdf , page 40. > When this report was brought to my attention in late Q4 2000, it prompted a > bunch of web searches to see what "companion listings" might have been > generated: SPLC was one such listing. > > Today I was telling someone the [bizarre] story of how MFN got listed, and > when I went to the SPLC site for more giggles, we were gone :-( > > Considering the fraud that is SPLC, I was genuinely disappointed at being > removed from their list of hate groups, and I genuninely want to be > reinstated. I am seriously pursuing the reinstatement email campaign. > > -- > Yours, > > J.A. Terranson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure." > > > > > On Sun, 15 Dec 2002, Declan McCullagh wrote: > > > Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 17:25:40 -0500 > > From: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Alif The Terrible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Please help: MFN is no longer listed as a Hate Group! (fwd) > > > > Huh? I don't get it. I can believe that the SPLC is silly/reactionary > > enough to list something that innocuous, but any such listing does > > not appear in archive.org's history or google's cache. > > > > -Declan > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 02:52:33PM -0600, Alif The Terrible wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 14:50:17 -0600 (CST) > > > From: Alif The Terrible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Please help: MFN is no longer listed as a Hate Group! > > > > > > > > > It is with sadness and deep concern that I must report the falling from grace > > > of Missouri FreeNet from the Southern Poverty Law Center's list of Hate > > > Groups (http://www.tolerance.org/maps/hate/state.jsp?state_id=26). > > > > > > In an attempt to recify this matter, and to restore MFN to it's rightful > > > place among the Hate Groups of America (tm), I have taken the liberty of > > > initiating an email writing campaign asking for this listing to be restored. > > > > > > Please help! Fill out the form at http://www.tolerance.org/about/contact.jsp > > > and demand that Missouri FreeNet be restored to the SPLC/Tolerance.org list > > > of known hate groups. Our reputation depends on your help in this most > > > critical of moments... > > > > > > -- > > > Yours, > > > J.A. Terranson > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they > > > should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: > > > Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of > > > unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in > > > the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and > > > elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire > > > populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... > > > This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States > > > as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. > > > > > > The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, > > > associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of > > > those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the > > > first place... > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------
