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1996-01-26 - Re: “Gentlemen do not read each other’s mail”

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From: Mike Tighe <tighe@spectrum.titan.com>
To: perry@piermont.com
Message Hash: 282dece663741e025a55a88207f0055e29d79b66cc29763097fcea3bef62e73b
Message ID: <199601261504.JAA09730@softserv.tcst.com>
Reply To: <199601252139.QAA16761@jekyll.piermont.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-01-26 17:01:26 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 01:01:26 +0800

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From: Mike Tighe <tighe@spectrum.titan.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 01:01:26 +0800
To: perry@piermont.com
Subject: Re: "Gentlemen do not read each other's mail"
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Perry E. Metzger writes:

>I am a funny sort of person. I don't believe that governments should
>be able to do anything that individuals cannot. If it is bad for me to
>steal, it is also bad for a government official to steal. If it is bad
>for me to listen in on my neighbor's phone calls, it is bad for the
>government, too.

I do not see anything funny, but you are at odds with the Constitution,
where the people have granted the government certain rights that they have
not granted to themselves. But it seems we may be making progress at
getting those rights ourselves.

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