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From: "Carl H.A. Dassbach" <dassbach@mtu.edu>
Subject: [PEN-L:3190] Bill of Rights as Peaceful protest (fwd)
To: ssdept-l@mtu.edu
Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 10:00:56 -0500 (EST)
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Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 06:07:52 -0800
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From: dhenwood@panix.com (Doug Henwood)
Subject: [PEN-L:3190] Bill of Rights as Peaceful protest (fwd)
X-Comment: Progressive Economics
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>
>This is not a typical chain letter, in that by passing it on to as
>many people as you can, you are taking part in what may yet become the
>world's biggest practical joke. The U.S. Government has recently
>passed an act which enforces censorship on the internet.
>
>A group of internet users has now come together to kick back at this
>oppression, and have a bit of fun at the same time. The aim of this
>exercise is to re-establish the United States as "The land of the
>Free", not a fascist state where freedom of speech and thought are
>curtailed. Communist Russia fell as a result of such limits being
>placed upon the minds of the general populus.
>
>On receiving this letter, please pass it on to as many friends or
>E-mail lists as you can. We predict that if everybody copies the
>letter to 5 other addresses, by February 29th 1996, this letter should
>have reached in excess of 2 million people. That's when the fun
>begins........
>
>On February 29th, please send the following message which includes a
>copy of the Bill of rights. By sending the letter on the above date,
>you will contribute to either one huge petition for freedom, or else
>lead to a crash of the whitehouse server. Send all letters to:
>President@Whitehouse.gov
>
>Remember that solidarity is the key to success !!!!!
>
>Dear Mr. President,
>
>Do you remember this:
>
>THE BILL OF RIGHTS
>
>Amendment I
>
>Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
>prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
>speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
>assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
>
>Amendment II
>
>A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free
>state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be
>infringed.
>
>Amendment III
>
>No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without
>the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be
>prescribed by law.
>
>Amendment IV
>
>The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses,
>papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures,
>shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon
>probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly
>describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be
>seized.
>
>Amendment V
>
>No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise
>infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand
>jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the
>militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor
>shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in
>jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case
>to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or
>property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be
>taken for public use, without just compensation.
>
>Amendment VI
>
>In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a
>speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and
>district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district
>shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of
>the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the
>witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining
>witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his
>defense.
>
>Amendment VII
>
>In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed
>twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no
>fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of
>the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
>
>Amendment VIII
>
>Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor
>cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
>
>Amendment IX
>
>The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be
>construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
>
>Amendment X
>
>The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor
>prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states
>respectively, or to the people.
>
>
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>Censorship -- the REAL indecency in cyberspace!!!