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tw · 11-25-2001, 09:23 PM

While we weren't looking, the party of State's Rights has chosen to take away more liberties - and without comment on The Cellar. Since 1997, Oregoneans have had the right, legally, to terminate their painful existance. There is a time a place to fear government. When a party says that it stands for Human Rights, for State's Rights, for the individual man - then exposes what a right wing extremist really is - we all have reason to fear.

Attorney-general Ashcroft (the same man who imprisions about 5,000 of Arab descent without even a lawyer for months - we don't know the exact figure because he does all this without due process of law) decided to reverse a Janet Reno finding.

Reno declared that the purpose of federal drug laws is not to interfere with a doctor in prescribing drugs. Doctors could and should be able to operate in the interest of their patients. However right wing Ashcroft (one of those militants who advocated military action against China for the spy plane incident) decided the federal government should interfere with a law that Oregon citizen voted for (twice) and that is clearly in the interst of terminally ill. This is the same state that also would decriminalize mariguana only to have right wing extremists in the federal government again interfere with citizen's desires.

Ironic that some would fear a voluntary NID program and yet find Ashcroft decisions (including the jailing of innocent Arabs) as not worthy of comment.

It is not government we should fear. It is extremists in the Pat Buchanan and Oliver North image that make government scary. If only George Jr was what he said he was - a pluralist.

11-25-2001, 09:23 PM	#1
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Where is Dr Kevorkian While we weren't looking, the party of State's Rights has chosen to take away more liberties - and without comment on The Cellar. Since 1997, Oregoneans have had the right, legally, to terminate their painful existance. There is a time a place to fear government. When a party says that it stands for Human Rights, for State's Rights, for the individual man - then exposes what a right wing extremist really is - we all have reason to fear. Attorney-general Ashcroft (the same man who imprisions about 5,000 of Arab descent without even a lawyer for months - we don't know the exact figure because he does all this without due process of law) decided to reverse a Janet Reno finding. Reno declared that the purpose of federal drug laws is not to interfere with a doctor in prescribing drugs. Doctors could and should be able to operate in the interest of their patients. However right wing Ashcroft (one of those militants who advocated military action against China for the spy plane incident) decided the federal government should interfere with a law that Oregon citizen voted for (twice) and that is clearly in the interst of terminally ill. This is the same state that also would decriminalize mariguana only to have right wing extremists in the federal government again interfere with citizen's desires. Ironic that some would fear a voluntary NID program and yet find Ashcroft decisions (including the jailing of innocent Arabs) as not worthy of comment. It is not government we should fear. It is extremists in the Pat Buchanan and Oliver North image that make government scary. If only George Jr was what he said he was - a pluralist.