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From: "Marc Despatie" <CIRQUE/DESPATIE>
To: #grads
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 10:36:19 EDT
Subject: Naziism on the Net (fwd)
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Date sent: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 18:12:44 -0500 (EST)
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To: Paula Carty <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Naziism on the Net (fwd)
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 08:40:17 -0600
From: William S. Lynn <[log in to unmask]>
To: Multiple recipients of list GEOGFEM <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Naziism on the Net (fwd)
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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 13:19:37 +500
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Subject: (Fwd) Naziism on the Net
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From: "David A. Welch" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 08:59:26 -0500
Subject: Naziism on the Net
Priority: normal
This is self explanatory.
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Subject: URGENT ACTION REQUIRED
March 16, 1996
I received this in the mail and thought you should know about it.
"Just yesterday B'nai B'rith's annual report ( Canada) on
hate and racism located the net as the one source of exploding
and uncontrollable dissemination of hate mail.
I feel strongly that every NO vote on the formation of a neo-Nazi newsgroup is
a public and civilized blow against a pernicious, evil movement. Please vote
to affirm society's rejection of neo-Nazis. Please distribute the following
message as you deem appropriate.
A group of neo-nazis are trying to form a newsgroup on Usenet called
rec.music.white-power, so that they can get their message of hate out to
young people using the Internet. Newsgroups are public discussion areas
on the Internet and their formation requires enough support from the
Internet community.
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAS ONE VOTE when it comes to creating a
new Usenet group. I hope you will vote NO and thereby tell these Nazis you
don't want their stuff on the net. Below is the procedure, please repost
my plea and get the NO vote out. This is my personal opinion. If you
want to see the official call for votes, you can read in news.group or ask
me for a copy of the notice calling for votes.
Do _not_ vote twice - that would constitute voting fraud.
HOW TO VOTE:
Send E-MAIL (posts to a newsgroup are invalid) to:
[log in to unmask]
This is an impartial, third-party vote taker.
Do not REPLY to THIS message, if you are trying to vote. Please do not
assume that just replying to this message will work. Check the address
before you mail your vote. Your mail message should contain only one
statement:
I vote NO on rec.music.white-power
I REALLY HOPE YOU VOTE NO!
Vote counting is automated. Failure to follow these directions may
mean that your vote does not get counted. If you do not receive an
acknowledgment of your vote within three days contact the votetaker
about the problem. It's your responsibility to make sure your vote
is registered correctly.
Here's what Canada's George Burdi, of the neo-Nazi Heritage Front, had to
say about this vote, on February 21, on his RESISTANCE mailing list:
"There is a call for votes
coming on rec.music.white-power in the next week
or so, and you will be notified in a special issue of
RREN exactly what to do. FOLLOW THE
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE LETTER. Let me be
perfectly blunt and state that we have more than
enough "net-nazis" to win this thing hands-down.
But every one of you must vote YES! And just
voting yes means nothing unless you do it properly.
So you have been forewarned. The instructions
are coming to your email box soon, and they
are not complicated. Just follow them as told,
and we will have a WP music newsgroup finally!"
If Mr. Burdi's confidence disturbs you, please give this letter the
_widest_ possible distribution, and help us deliver the largest NO vote in
the history of UseNet.
If you would like more detailed information on why you should vote no,
check out http://nizkor.almanac.bc.ca - although it should be noted that
the Nizkor Project has no connection to this personal plea."
Gary Romalis
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David A. Welch
Associate Professor of Political Science
University of Toronto
100 St. George St.
Toronto, Ont. M5S 3G3 Canada
416-287-7308 (voice)
416-466-4990 (fax)
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http://www.scar.utoronto.ca/~welch
_____________________________________________________________
Kenneth I. MacDonald
Department of Geography
Scarborough Campus
University of Toronto
1265 Military Trail
Scarborough, Ontario
CANADA M1C 1A4
(416) 287-7309
(416) 287-7283 fax
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William S. Lynn
Department of Geography
University of Minnesota
414 Social Science
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612/625-6080
612/624-1044 (fax)
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