From: "Strong, Lee" <StrongL at MTMC.ARMY.MIL>
To: "'WSFA members'" <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: The Constitution and the Citizen
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 11:10:10 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

	Barry, I agree with most of your comments.  The thing that I fear is
that a failure to take reasonable precautions and make intelligent responses
will lead to a catastropic event that will panic people into "burning the
Constitution" in whole or in part.  Keep thinking and discussing -- two
great ways to defeat the terrorist mentality!

Your friend, Lee

-----Original Message-----
From: Barry Newton [mailto:bnewton at ashcomp.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 9:09 AM
To: WSFA members
Subject: [WSFA] Re: The Constitution and the Citizen

At 12:11 AM 4/10/02, you wrote:

It only fails to apply if you're concerned about minutiae like, say,
constitutionality.  Not so sure that's an issue with this justice
department and homeland security  mentality.

On the other hand, a couple more successful terrorist actions in this
country could go a long way toward shifting *my* mentality.  Once you
decide that the Constitution is getting in the way of survival, it's a
pretty short step to start ignoring inconvenient provisions.

>The PATRIOT act doesn't apply; it didn't
>exist when Haddad was collecting money.
>--
>Steve Smith                                           sgs at aginc.net
>Agincourt Computing                            http://www.aginc.net
>"Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction has to make sense."

Barry L. Newton, Ashton Computing & Management Services
bnewton at ashcomp.com