Twilight America (was Re: FYI: Blockwart in Nazi Germany)

[No Fun]

Which is why I'm glad to be Canadian.

Ohwaitaminuite....  American soldiers are on our side of the border
searching cars heading to the U.S.

Huh? We don't officially care? Won't pick up our own slack?  Anschluss
anyone?


(kidding... jus kidding...   sort of)


----- Original Message -----
From: davemarc <davemarc at panix.com>
To: Pynchlist <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 11:17 PM
Subject: Twilight America (was Re: FYI: Blockwart in Nazi Germany)


> From: David Morris <fqmorris at hotmail.com>
> >
> > I do agree that the US's
> > war on terrorism is a potentially big threat to the civil liberties of
its
> > citizens.  A threat that we truly patriotic citizens need to guard
> against.
> >
> Not wanting to trigger an endless discussion of this a la Vineland, I
point
> out that a strong case has be made that it is not merely a "potentially
big
> threat."
>
> Six months on from the 11 September attacks, a significant number of
people
> detained in the USA in their aftermath continue to be deprived of some
basic
> rights under international law, and many appear to have been detained
> arbitrarily, Amnesty International said today.
>
http://web.amnesty.org/web/news.nsf/WebAll/021956D799890D4C80256B7A0053AF80?
> OpenDocument
>
> Selections from the Village Voice
> http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/civil_liberties/
>
> Sliding down the slippery slope,
>
> d.
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