please forgive me for this...

[Natasha M Jarymowycz]

but it seemed the best way to reach a large group of people and censorship of 
the internet was being discussed here just last week, so ...
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>> Please read and forward to as many people and as quickly as possible.
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>> >Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 12:44:59 +0000
>> >Subject: The Plan - Do This on February 29 *IMPORTANT*
>> >Priority: urgent
>> 
>> To whomever may read this,
>> 
>> 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 at 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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>                     richarda at clark.net
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from the gospel according to st. vomit

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natasha jarymowycz

natasha at cs.wm.edu