[51862] in Cypherpunks
Re: rhetorical trickery
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Frantz)
Sun Mar 10 16:49:02 1996
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 13:47:56 -0800
To: "Vladimir Z. Nuri" <vznuri@netcom.com>,
"Deranged Mutant" <WlkngOwl@unix.asb.com>
From: frantz@netcom.com (Bill Frantz)
Cc: "Vladimir Z. Nuri" <vznuri@netcom.com>, cypherpunks@toad.com
At 1:19 PM 3/10/96 -0800, Vladimir Z. Nuri wrote:
>please, will people stop sending me responses like the above? do you
>understand how the American legal system works? a person cannot
>be prosecuted without evidence. evidence cannot be illegally obtained.
>a person is not required to testify against oneself. these are all
>basic long-established cornerstones of our legal system.
I'm sure that my friend who tried to argue about a speeding ticket in New
Jersey, had the bones around his eye socket broken and then was arrested
for "Resisting Arrest" will be comforted to hear this. (BTW, a mutual
friend was a witness and confirmed the story. I can't think of any reason
they would have to lie to me about the facts.)
Bill
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