[Novalug] Pen is mightier than sword -- Speech restricted hereon, too

[William Warren]

Miguel Gonzalez wrote:
> If I were an employer and read your posts in this mailing list I would be scared and think twice to interview you. I am NOT kidding (sorry, I couldn't help it).
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> Miguel
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> --- El sáb, 18/7/09, Paul D. Bain <paulbain at pobox.com> escribió:
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>> De: Paul D. Bain <paulbain at pobox.com>
>> Asunto: Re: [Novalug] Pen is mightier than sword -- Speech restricted hereon, too
>> Para: "Novalug" <novalug at calypso.tux.org>
>> Fecha: sábado, 18 julio, 2009 9:08
>> Varol Okan wrote:
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>>> You probably heard about the George Orwell disaster on
>>>       
>> the Kindle ( http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/07/17/2138213/Amazon-Pulls-Purchased-E-Book-Copies-of-1984-and-Animal-Farm
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>>>   ) .. and may I add 1984 off all books ...
>>>
>>> So this sets off an immediately allergic reaction to
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>> my German
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>>> history classes. The Nazis organized several
>>>       
>> "Buecherverbrennungen"
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>>> under the title "Aktion wider den undeutschen Geist" (
>>>       
>> action against
>>     
>>> the un-German spirit ). / /This was done for a very
>>>       
>> good ( read evil
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>>> ) reason as the Nazis were trying to control what
>>>       
>> Germans were
>>     
>>> allowed to read. The rest is history so to say.
>>>
>>> The kindle allows to get the exact same result without
>>>       
>> the fire. A
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>>> mass extinction of knowledge and suppression of
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>> opposing ( political
>>     
>>> or otherwise ) opinions. What ever happened to the
>>>       
>> first amendment ?
>>
>> Varol,
>>
>>     On this mailing list (ML), speech is
>> _greatly_ restricted. GREATLY. If you have been unemployed
>> for more than a year (as I have) and, on this ML, you
>> identify the cause of your protracted unemployment, then the
>> moderators of this ML will _BAR_ you from posting again. I
>> am NOT kidding.
>>
>>     On this ML, you may not identify, much
>> less discuss, the most important issue facing American-born
>> IT professionals today. I am not kidding.
>>
>>     
>>> So the question is; isn't that the same as if a "Barns
>>>       
>> and Noble" employee comes into your house and removes some
>> books off your shelfs
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>>>   and giving you a refund simply because the one
>>>       
>> side of the deal (
>>     
>>> buying a book ) wants to get out of it ?
>>>       
>>     With all due respect, Varol, that is
>> _not_ an important question, at least not in the great
>> scheme of things. Right now, I believe that the most
>> important question facing America is this: What is going to
>> happen when approximately 40 million American-born workers
>> finally wake up and realize that they are never going to
>> work in their own country ever again? A related question
>> would be this: When is the Second American Revolution going
>> to begin, this year or next?
>>
>>     If you think that the pen is mightier
>> than the sword, then wait until 40 million Americans grab
>> their guns, go to Washington, march on Capitol Hill, and
>> start shooting. The pen is not always mightier than the
>> sword. Sometimes, the people have _no_choice_ but to use the
>> sword in order to force the government to acknowledge that
>> they have certain, basic rights.
>>
>>     I have been unemployed for well over a
>> year, and I have had enough. This shit is ridiculous.
>> Furthermore, I shan't ever forget it or the identity of
>> those who _supported_ the politicians who allowed it to
>> occur.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Paul Bain, Esq.
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>> A lawyer, an IT professional, and an expert
>>        on open source software
>> (OSS).
>>     
>> PaulBain at PObox.com
>> (703) 876-4778
>>     
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulbain
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>>> What would you say/do in this situation ? /
>>>
>>> Varol Okan Ps. //"Those who cannot remember the past
>>>       
>> are condemned to
>>     
>>> repeat it" /
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If i was looking to hire him i would give him equal consideration..i 
don't believe in punishing folks for exercising their Constitutional 
rights.  Now then the mods of this list as a private entity can moderate 
this list as they see fit to which i would not begrudge them for that 
either in terms of claling it censorship since as a private entity they 
have the right to allow and not allow what they wish.