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- From: lowell@locus.com (Lowell Morrison)
- Subject: Re: ftc and ms
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.171616.0207218@locus.com>
- Organization: Locus Computing Corp, Los Angeles
- References: <1992Dec22.185305.59162@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> <1992Dec22.214100.3695@nosc.mil> <1992Dec23.024105.1788@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 17:16:16 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec23.024105.1788@ryn.mro4.dec.com> Peter.Mayne@cao.mts.dec.com writes:
- >
- >
- >So those (American) people who think the FTC is morally correct because
- >it has the law on its side are presumably still rankled by such illegal
- >activities as the Boston Tea Party, which was a protest against laws
- >that were obviously moral because they existed.
- >
- >Taxation without representation, software without Microsoft?
-
- Not really, because King George's executive orders reguarding the colonies,
- specifically the taxes and quartering troups in private houses without
- recompense were Illegal Under English Law, thus Illegal Executive
- Orders. And the Colonists were also denied constitutionally legal
- redress, they were not allowed to "Cry Harold" (those who know English
- History will understand the reference).
- >
- >(Just throwing a loop. :-)
- >
- >PJDM
- >--
- >Peter Mayne | My statements, not Digital's.
- >Digital Equipment Corporation |
- >Canberra, ACT, Australia | "AXP!": Bill the Cat
- >
-
- Loop-de-Loop ;->
-
- --Lowell Morrison
- --Uncle Wolf
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