At 01:08 2001/06/17 EDT, Rayilyn Brown wrote: >JANET , such are the perils of free speech. Too bad we >end up fighting each other sometimes. Thanks for your >post of the "attackee" Rayilyn hi rayilyn yup and nope and you're welcome! as differentiated from expressing alternate opposing or views or ideas, intimidation tactics specifically intended to silence another's voice are not exactly free speech, imho but "i may not agree with what you have to say but i will defend to the death your right to say it" - paraphrased since we are each of us invulnerable just like the kiddy refrain "sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me" how soon we forget! how hard it is to remember! janet janet paterson: an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit perky, parky . pd: 54/41/37 cd: 54/44/43 tel: 613 256 8340 email: [log in to unmask] . snail mail: 375 Country Street, Apt 301, Almonte, Ontario, Canada, K0A 1A0 . a new voice: the nnnewsletter: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/janet313/ . a new voice: the wwweb site: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn