Letters to the Editor
Dear Sam
....
In the meantime, sorry for having taken so long to get back to you, but
thank-you for sending the copies of the Frontiersman. We are well
aware of some of the atrocities which are being committed in "Free" countries,
the likes of Waco, and worse still, committed in the name of freedom.
On one occasion while driving up from Baltimore I was listening to one
of these big name talk shows out of Philadelphia. Though I did not
catch the name of the program I do remember what he said; "I have
been following the political scene for years and it is with great regret
that I must now admit, that; Congress has become the enemy
of the people." And I am not saying the things that I do as a
Canadian, to take a swipe against my friends to the south. We, my
local friends and I, are dead set against stupid borders. In some
ways Canada might be a bit better off in areas of personal freedom, but
Canada tends to parallel and follow with an appropriate lag time, anything
which happens in the US of A. "Nationalism," I once heard it said,
"has
caused more human suffering throughout history than any other single cause;
... save that of religion!" Unfortunately, in the US of
A, (the greatest democracy on the planet), (coming soon to Canada), we
are increasingly and with frightening speed seeing the emergence of serious
political forces which encompass
both.
"A religious dictatorship",
a friend of mine predicts,
"within 2 years." While I certainly
hope not, I am less than optimistic. I am happy to be in touch with
you and others who feel strongly about freedom, and I appreciate your effort,
but it deeply concerns me that publications like yours are even necessary.
"In
the United States, people are going to jail ... for looking at things.
Isn't anyone concerned????", I read on the InterNet once. If
you are not aware of it, there is a battle going on in cyberspace, which
is over freedom of speech vs government attempts to control it. I
think, and I hope, that governments everywhere have met their match.
The InterNet has been called, "The world's biggest anarchy." What
is being seen for the first time in human history, is absolutely unmoderated
exchanges of ideas between millions of ordinary people all around the world.
For the first time ever, people who have felt themselves to be social outcasts,
sicos if you will, are freely and proudly exchanging thoughts and ideas
(and pictures) with others of similar bent. The InterNet, regardless
of what the conservative masters expect from their slaves, is destined
I think, to become THE most significant event this century. And I
honestly think that governments at all levels are terrified of it.
Imagine, ordinary people, talking to each other!! You might keep
an eye on the ACLU challenge to the censorship provisions of the "Communications
decency Act," which Clinton recently rammed through the house. In
ACLU vs Reno (the bitch), the government is trying to force InterNet users
to "tag" so-called indecent or patently offensive words or images.
Government lawyers, however, have already conceded that, "it would be impossible
to implement this scheme given the technology currently available".
This alone, according to an article in Monitor, (June 96), could justify
granting the ACLU a preliminary injunction against the censorship provisions.
What the US government arrogantly fails to recognize is that the InterNet
transcends international boundaries, and that the US of A is but a small
part of the whole network, which they invented themselves for military
communications, and which they have now completely lost control of.
But even if they lose, this case gives a crystal clear insight into the
motives of the feds, and their obsession with controlling every aspect
of our lives. And we are also seeing examples of the US intimidating
foreign citizens and governments in this attempt to control.
Information,
as the feds have known for decades, is a tremendous source of power and
control. Now that this information is leaking out into the general
public, it is reasonable to assume that mountains will be moved to try
and contain the leaks. You talk about the use of force to replace
corrupt governments. I can assure you, absolutely, that the most
devastating use of force imaginable, the ultimate act of terrorism, would
be for someone somewhere to acquire a large database containing identification;
names, addresses, phone numbers, badge numbers etc of federal agents;
and post it to the InterNet. This information does exist, is accessible
to someone, and there are many embittered people out there who would be
both willing and capable of carrying out such an act.
Not
me though, I'm just a nice guy, who will bore you no further. I just
wanted to say hi, thank you for your newsletters, and toss around a few
ideas.
— Richard; Vankleek
Hill, Ontario
Dear
Sam
I
was very flattered to find myself mentioned twice in the July Frontiersman.
But Sam, I was very alarmed to learn of the warrant for your arrest.
It is hard to imagine that you have broken any law ....
And
if that light theory (Darkness
Upon the Face of the Deep; A New Theory of Illumination,
July, page 4) is correct, isn't it time for the sun to show some blackness?
Seems like it's been emitting light for some time now ....
— Shirley; Urbana Illinois
Sun spots.
— editor
Freeman-types
roaming streets of San Jose?
Leigh Weimers
Reprinted from the San Jose
Mercury News
Monday, July 22, 1996, page
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Just
because no Freeman-type nuts have barricaded themselves in a San Jose tract
house doesn't mean we should feel smug. Groups and individuals sharing
that "my-government-my-way" philosophy have been bugging county officials
in California for more than a decade, says Santa Clara County Recorder
Brenda
Davis, and lately the crazies have been getting more militant.
"Many
of them want to revoke any documents — driver licenses, marriage licenses,
powers of attorney, etc. — that tie them to the government of California,"
explains Davis. The problem is that they then want to record such
revocations, and there's no law that permits Davis and her fellow recorders
to do that.
"They
(the Freeman clones) pick and choose the laws they want to obey, and I
don't have that option," Davis sighs. She tells them that, and they
get mad. "I don't care about the politics, but I do care about following
legal recording procedures," Davis adds.
And
she cares about our awareness of who's in our midst and the problems awaiting
those who buy into their off-the-wall schemes. "People need to realize,"
she says, "that they're not all in Montana."
Although
this article is a negative presentation of a part of the freedom movement,
it's also a tacit admission that the movement is big enough to be noticed.
The participants are starting to have an effect. That's good news.
It's why I reprinted the article.
— editor
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