[1163] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: Announcing the Creighton/Brar Legal Defense Fund
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Juan Carlos Alicea)
Thu Mar 14 07:49:56 2002
Message-ID: <200203141241.HAA02984@department-of-alchemy.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 07:41:04 -0500
From: Juan Carlos Alicea <jcalicea@MIT.EDU>
To: MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 14 Mar 2002 04:12:48 EST."
<20020314091248.GC13358@buzzword-bingo.mit.edu>
Damn it, I am the angry hoard! I've been disenfranchised. My rights of equal opportunity under the law have been violated. (Yes, the Constitution of the United States applies here. The ACLU would love this one...) Now to send a happy little e-mail to judboard.
Juan Carlos Alicea
You told it to me like this:
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Considering and in the spirit of recent events, I am proud to announce
the formation of the Creighton/Brar Legal Defense Fund.
Clearly many UA consituents are dissatisfied with the Creighton/Brar
disqualification -- perhaps because the ticket was disqualified
outright rather than sanctioned, even in the face of vocal popular
support for Creighton/Brar, although there was no specific rule to
support this drastic action.
The purpose of this Fund is to ensure that, after the UA election is
over, I do not resent the smothering apathy of certain of my friends
in the face of a little opposition. Purely on this basis, and without
taking a position on the legitimacy of Creighton/Brar's tactics, I
pledge the following:
Should Creighton/Brar votes be substantially disregarded without
specific reference to established procedure or precedent, or C/B
denied a fair appeal or immediately impeached, or should
disproportionate sanctions be imposed that ignore the segment of
C/B's constituency that is 'voting its conscience' ..
.. then, I will give $1 each to the first 200 people who appear at
a location and time TBA to wave signs, shout slogans, and act
like they give a damn about it.
Contributions to the Fund are encouraged! Pledge five cents, pledge a
quarter, pledge a dollar per person and you too can buy an angry
hoard to carry your banner.
Please forward this email as appropriate.
geoff
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