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- From: gpb@gpb-mac (greg berryman )
- Subject: Re: Telephone calls for national politics
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.193418.29896@newsgate.sps.mot.com>
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 19:34:18 GMT
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- nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar) writes:
- : Am I the only one who is disgusted by this latest game in politics,
- : thousands of citizens telephoning various people in Washington DC and
- : registering their "vote" for or against the ban on queers in the
- : military?
- :
- : I'm not saying that we shouldn't call. We don't have a choice - other
- : folks are already playing the game, so we have to make our own calls.
- :
- : But what the hell? The news media are reporting the "tallies of calls
- : for or against" like they were votes or scientific polls or something.
- :
- : Is this what's meant by interactive government?
- : __
- : nelson@reed.edu \/ There is absolutely no other possibility
-
- No, but it is an example of knee-jerk government.
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- gpb@gpb-mac.sps.mot.com * \ BI / * I will NOT ride in the back of the bus.
- Greg Berryman (512)928-6014 * \ / * SILENCE = DEATH
- Motorola Austin, Texas, USA * \/ * First, be true to yourself.
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