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- From: jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Jim Mann)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: censorship, yet again
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- Date: 30 Jul 92 17:49:51 GMT
- References: <1992Jul29.184459.154211@cs.cmu.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul29.184459.154211@cs.cmu.edu> rcs@cs.arizona.edu
- (Richard Schroeppel) writes:
- > I think Doug is wrong. As a US taxpayer, I hereby invite Henry Spencer
- to
- > offer me whatever perspective he has on the politics of space in the
- US.
- > I will also note that Henry is a directly interested party, since the
- outcome
- > of the election will influence his prospects for eventual space travel.
- > As an interested party, he is certainly entitled to participate in the
- debate,
- > and perhaps even to complain that many disinterested parties (who don't
- pay
- > taxes, and don't care about space) are allowed to vote, while he isn't.
- > I must also ask Doug why he wants to muzzle Henry. Is it because you
- don't
- > like the analysis? Is it too close to the truth?
-
- I agree to the extent that I think he has every right in the world
- to offer his (often good) advice on what to do. However, as
- one of the taxpayers paying for the US space program, my vote
- (and the vote of any other taxpayer) should count for more.
- I must admit that I do bristle a bit at those who aren't paying for
- something telling us how we have to spend money. But then, I bristled
- the same way when I had a (US) college student (who wasn't paying taxes
- yet) try to explain to me that taxes should be raised to pay for
- some service he wanted and (he claimed) couldn't afford. (This was 10
- minutes after he told me how he was spending $15 (1978 prices) per week
- on comic books.)
-
- --
- Jim Mann jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com Stratus Computer
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