From: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 10:54:19 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Canada Imprisons People For Human Rights Activity
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At 7:33 PM 8/21/96, Igor Chudov @ home wrote:
>jbugden@smtplink.alis.ca wrote:
>> Nota: Quebec recently held a referendum on seperation from Canada.=20
>> Just talk about secession of a state in the U.S., and you'll quickly see wh=
>> ich
>> country makes political ideas illegal.
>>
>
>OK, so what would happen if I organized a party with the proclaimed goal
>of secession of Oklahoma from the United States?
>
>        - Igor.

Almost certainly nothing. I believe there is an active secessionist
movement in Alaska, and nothing has happened to them.

(This does not mean they would ever be allowed to succeed in seceeding, of
course.)

--Tim May


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