From: "George A. Stathis" <hyperlex@hol.gr>
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 14:25:27 -0800 (PST)
To: rent_control@msn.com (Stephen Boursy)
Subject: Re: Censor John Gilmore -- EFF is a disgrace!
Message-ID: <199611170223.AAA02024@prometheus.hol.gr>
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At 05:24 ðì 16/11/1996 -0500, Tim Scanlon wrote:
>Stephen Boursy wrote, along with a horde of others with no lives:
>[lots of worthless crap snipped out]

As an aside, some of this "worthless crap" written by Stephen Boursy
and "others with no lives", happens to contain jewels of wisdom and
humility such as the following:

(cut and pasted from another posting):

>> P.S.  I never understood the (American?) preoccupation about... "putting
>>       out flames". If I find flame-messages boring, I don't read them!
>>       If anyone insults me, I reply; If anyone speaks nicely, I also do.
>>       The (American?) preoccupation about flames conceals a deep _fear_
>>       of freedom, freedom of the other person's freedom.
>
>
>   This is very true.  I'm worried about the US--our lack of respect
>for free speech--our extremely poor social services for the poor, etc.
>It is not a country I'm proud of at the moment.  Much of what is 
>praised about the US--our stability of government--is our downfall--we
>should be able to toss a government like we have out on its ass and 
>string up the leaders on telephone polls.


Are you aware... tiny Tim, that Stephen Boursy's comment should make
Americans feel PROUD, and that his response to my rant made me think
a LOT?

Perhaps learning from the humility and wisdom of others has also
been banned inside your... tiny-Tim brain cells.

Happy Recovery
Geirge