Subj : AOL is Anti (fwd)
To   : All
From : Kevin Crosby
Date : Fri Sep 08 2000 11:34 am

 * Message forwarded by Kevin Crosby via Telegard 3.09.g2-sp4/mL
 * Originally posted in area SURV-NET GUN RIGHTS
      Original to : All
             From : Lee Knoper
          Subject : AOL is Anti
        Date/Time : Thu 07 Sep 2000  9:10a

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Probably not a great surprise, but newsworthy nontheless.  -LK

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>Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 00:05:41 -0700
>From: asrpa@primenet.com (landis aden)
>Subject: aol vs. freedom


The 800-lb. e-Gorilla

"For the last year or so, the 800-pound gorilla of the Internet in the US
is America On Line.  With 22 million subscribers it dominates everyone
else in the field. That is why it is extremely disturbing that AOL has
adopted a policy that treats guns and ammunition the same as child
pornography and pedophilia. If you try to buy or sell live ammo from your
AOL account you will be monitored and eventually you will be warned and if
you don't cease and desist, then your account will be closed.

"Yes, AOL is a business free to make its own policies. But customers are
also free to make their own decisions as well. No person who respects the
Second Amendment should subscribe to AOL unless they change their
policies.

There are millions of gun owners and other online services that will
gladly accept new customers and the cost is in dollar amounts, not in
freedoms.  If computer users take their freedom seriously and switch to
another provider, AOL will feel it in the bottom line. At that point
perhaps they may be willing to discuss the matter with their subscribers.  
At that point perhaps AOL will respect and preserve the rights of
Americans to practice the right to keep and bear arms in practical terms.  
If not, perhaps AOL should find a more comfortable home elsewhere ... say
.... in Havana or Beijing."

- Lisa Dean, Free Congress Foundation, 9/4/00

Do it in September.
It will be too late in November.
But, DON'T VOTE EARLY!
Until you know.

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[End; -LK]

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