From: ed@cwis.unomaha.edu (Ed Stastny)
Subject: Peoples Rights? (my response to mail)
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 23:22:29 GMT


 Ed (me)= > `        Scott = >   

My response to an email I got from Scott Woods.  I put it up here
because I thought it would be of interest and stimulating to some kind
of discussion...as well as the invitation to write letters to SOUND is
extended to everyone.
 
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> In ou.politics you (me!) write:
>
> `a nice concept...but it's far too EASY to subscribe to.  You don't need
> `to form a group for it, just join the masses.
>
> Glad to see you take this subject so lightly.  The animal rights groups
> are spending millions of dollars on press and efforts to try to terrorise
> legitimate businesses, brainwash our children and to foster support for
> their cause (which stinks as far as I am concerned)

Lightly?  Well, you can consider my opinion "light", I guess.  I'm not
looking to make you mad or "terrorise" you...I'm just stating my opinion
(and perhaps get a discussion going about it).  ANIMAL RIGHTS groups do
good things....they do bad things.  It just seems to me that you're
trying to counter it with more "extremism".

> They equate average citizens that eat hamburgers with Jeffrey Dahmer
> for gods sakes...

That's called "an opinion".  You can disagree, they're not ordering you
to think the way you do.  They may speak loudly...but what's wrong with
that?

> `Good luck with that.  You'll lose all money in court costs and trying to
> `find out who used that pay-phone on 34th street to tell you they
> `disagreed with you.
> `
> `Interesting idea, though.
> `
> Yes, but at least at a pay phone, they have to pay twice as much for
> the call and usually in cold hard cash out of their pocket.  This is
> just to try and deter the wackos - has worked well - too bad it does
> not work on the computer networks as well

Perhaps you were just overestimating the "wackos"?  You would prefer
people keep their opinions to themselves?  I may be misinterpretting
that last sentence...but it seems as though you were calling ME a
"wacko" for stating my opinion.  If so, I think you'd do well to
re-assess yourself as such a "stable and reasonable" person.

No hard feelings, Scott, I merely disagree with the "humans first"
dogmatism.  To show you I am for free-speech in all directions, I invite
you to write a letter (600 words or less) to our newspaper, SOUND NEWS
AND ARTS.  It's published monthly, 20,000 copies plus the countless
readers all over the net-world.  You can state your purpose and your
opinion.  I've been wanting to get the "animal-rights" thing out there
anyway.  Your letter will be uncensored and given equal billing (no
malicious headlines).  You can send the letter to me here
(ed@cwis.unomaha.edu) or to PO BOX 31004/ Omaha,NE 68132.  The deadline
for the next issue is September 5th.

Thanks and good luck,

...e

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