[Imc] Fwd: Please Guard Our Civil Liberties
patton paul
ppatton at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
Sun Sep 30 19:36:01 UTC 2001
On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, John Wason wrote:
>
> This is rather interesting.....something that was sent to me via e-mail.
> Thought I'd pass it along.
>
> John
>
> **********
John-
Thanks for forwarding news of this incident. I would like to contact my
Senators and representatives to complain about it, but first I would like
to know the original source of your information about it. Thanks.
-Paul Patton
>
> >Please contact your Senators and Representative concerning the situation
> >below. To use a favorite phrase of the Supreme Court, such incidents will
> >have a "chilling impact" on freedom of speech, sorely needed at this time.
>
>
> >> Thanks for your valuable information on Sept. 11th.
> >> My niece was on a flight to KCMO recently. There was a conversation
> >>between two people which went like this: "The events of Sept. 11th give the
> >>USA an opportunity to reflect on the violence it brought to other nations in
> >>the past." Another passenger overheard the critical thinking between the two
> >>passengers. This patriotic passenger did not like that message and went to
> >>the stewardess with a complaint. The stewardess then went up to the cockpit
> >>and conveyed the questioning attitude of the two passengers to the captain. He
> >>(she?) in turn radioed ahead to the KCMO airport. Upon landing, the plane
> >>was surrounded by a SWAT team and a 45-minute investigation ensued.
> >> We must be on guard that the super-patriots do not lash out against us.
> >> A tour of the museum in Hiroshima took me two hours in '82 and I often
> >>reflect upon a comparison between the two incinerations of people.
> >>
> >> Gratefully, Vic Hummert in Lafayette, LA
>
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