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- From: markbr%radian@natinst.com (markbr)
- Subject: Re: Who was that scary guy?
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 22:44:13 GMT
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- In article <00964014.A8E1EAE0@Msu.oscs.montana.edu> uphrrmk@Msu.oscs.montana.edu writes:
- >Hi, Janis, Amy, Al, and other wonderful all and sundry folk.
- >
- > I'm wondering how often these serious Fundamentalists come on the
- >alt.pagan. Every once in a while, I keep seeing some arrogant, pompous
- >anonymous someone putting things on the net that are insulting. I don't
- >mind debate, but--well, you've probably seen 'em, and have a pretty good idea
- >what they're doing. I'm just kinda nervous about it.
- >
- > I'm just getting paranoid, maybe because I'm still getting the hang of
- >this Northwestern thang. Just the other week, I read about a neo-nazi compound
- >in Idaho, and how these jokers are seriously thinking about an Aryan Home-
- >land. They want Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and, I think, Wyoming.
- >(Read it in the Billings Gazette, can probably get quotes if interested.)
- >This is coupled with a local guy wanting to buy out a small, recession-hit
- >town and become it's mayor. This guy's a very serious Fundamentalist,
- >and wants to "work God's will" to save the town. Seems there's at least one
- >really scary religion-based thing going on every month, which is really bad
- >considering the population of Montana is 750,000.
- >
- > Yeah, yeah...I'm whimpering to myself again, and it's likely I'll get
- >flamed for it . But what I'm wondering is, how far can these people go to
- >try and get us? I've read about the Colorado ruling,8*( and I know Seattle
- >just barely fought off a measure nearly identical. Exactly how powerful are
- >the Religious right in the Northwest? How nervous is justifiably nervous?
- >
- That actually brings up the point that Bush violated his oath of office,
- literally. I mean, why was the Aryan nation group that was shooting judges,
- and advocating what you mention, *not* *prosecuted* *for* *TREASON*? It is,
- *literally* the definition in the Constitution. They *are* advocating the
- overthrow of the US by force. Or does this only apply to folks on the left?
-
- Let's hope Clinton & co bring a new attitude to this. I sure hope so....
-
- mark, the equally worried
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