[TheForge] Media & Democrats??? Way OT (Was: Letter toLes Moonves, CEO, ...

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Point taken...I sent her an email. She is one of many determined to 
make  the whole of our society safe and wholesome for tender little 
children..IE..abhorrent....PF

Andy Vida wrote:

>Also sprach Peter Fells:
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>>Respectfully: Since you are all wrong, Let's use this forum to talk
>>about molesting metal.....Pete F
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>	Forget the general politics, molest metal, but let us also not
>	forget issues such as this because it does in fact effect us
>	all as smiths and artists.  It is precusely this sort of
>	irresponsible, hysteria generating nonsense that results in
>	the whittling away of our rights.  Back in 1958, the s-called
>	"switchblade act" was passed in response to hysteria generated
>	regarding street gangs.  Now a person can go to prison for
>	carrying a "switchblade" or "gravity knife" in many jurisdictions
>	regardless of the reasons for carrying, which in any event are
>	none of anyone's business.
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>	Don't be lackadaisical; this is what "they" count on, and it
>	has been wildly successful.  We can reign it in, but it won't 
>	happen by itself.
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