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To: Long Cut
I also hold that the government should NOT be in the business of making laws regarding the personal, private behavior of its free citizens, so long as such behavior harms no other.

I submit that when it comes to causing a woman to die when she is not terminally ill and her parents are willing and able to care for her fits your criteria of 'behavior that harms another.'

I figured it wouldn't be long before your opus, LC. I have been a registered Freeper for over seven years, and know the signs. Posting a "Manifesto" and practically unionizing people with one point of view on a volatile issue (on a conservative website!) isn't one I have seen before, but it's recognizable as a red flag (no pun intended) nonetheless.

On my FR home page, I make it clear that I don't hate people who disagree with me. To wit:


I can't promise that everyone will like what I have to say, but I will say it the best way I can, and hope that you all understand that there is no personal malice involved. Some of the folks here I have had my fiercest battles with have said things I agreed with wholeheartedly hours later.

Something that Jim Robinson can attest to is that you have to be careful when you invite people to take up your cause and they are less careful than you are; in addition to the disruptors, sometimes JimRob has to give tenured Freepers the boot, such as one that -- in support of his argument that Jeb Bush should have taken armed state police to force the feeding of Terri -- also said that former Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus should have called for a militia of armed white men to battle the 101st Airborne when Eisenhower sent them to Little Rock to ensure the integration of Central High.

You say, "we tried" re the so-called WPPFF, but not everyone was trying. Many gave back as good as they got, and then rationalized the violation of their own code by saying, "they started it." Saying the fight ends only after you get in the last lick has never worked. You are, as David Bowie once put it, "putting out fires with gasoline."

I have seen newbies post their last threads, and I have seen legendary Freepers -- such as Clinton's a Liar, Trixie, and Clarity -- go without an opus. I think it is wise of you not to make this permanent. If you return determined to tear FR asunder, do us all a favor and stay away. If you want to sweat out the invective, and come back with a loaded opinion, I will welcome you back as if there was no problem, for what that's worth.

1,199 posted on 04/06/2005 4:21:08 AM PDT by L.N. Smithee (Honestly - would anybody be surprised if it was revealed George Felos is a necrophiliac?)
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To: L.N. Smithee

I think that you make some excellent points. That's all I wanted to say.


1,202 posted on 04/06/2005 6:24:40 AM PDT by Miss Behave (Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
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