Time: Wed May 28 15:01:47 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA03984 for [address in tool bar]; Wed, 28 May 1997 10:41:57 -0700 (MST) Resent-Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 11:38:38 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 11:03:21 -0700 To: Birdtribes@uncle.montana.com From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLF: Will Foster LTE draft Resent-Message-ID: <"gHUCt2.0.Pl4.Ts6Zp"@uncle> Resent-From: Birdtribes@uncle.montana.com Resent-Sender: Birdtribes-request@uncle.montana.com Dear Editor, Imagine for a moment, if you will, the crime which you consider to be the most despicable. For me, that crime would be to kidnap a toddler who is just beginning to walk, cut off his legs with a dull hatchet, and stand there while the toddler bled to death. I am sorry if this story gives you shivers; it certainly does the same to me. But, rise above this horror for a moment, and consider the principle which is at work here. Butchering children is so horrific to most of us, because it infringes on their basic Rights to life, and liberty. That child will never chase butterflies, or sit enchanted by Mozart or Beethoven -- never pursue happiness with the rest of Us. Now, having made the point about principles, consider the horror that I feel when a medically disabled man, with children of his own, must now face the rest of his life in prison -- on a sentence of 93 years -- for drying and smoking some vegetable matter which the government prohibits, to its great financial profit. Do you think his children can ever be made to understand the raw injustice of such a cruel and unusual punishment? Will their father be there for them when they want to ask him how butterflies fly, or Beethoven soared? When you cut them off from their father, you may as well have cut off their legs. What kind of savage beasts do we have, sitting on the benches of our courtrooms today, that such a terrible thing should ever happen in this country? You see, this is what happens when we, as a nation, lose our principles. When that loss sets in, only the outer reaches of the universe are the new limits to our bestiality and cruelty. Please help us to release Will Foster. He is a father with children who need him, and he harmed no one for the "crime" he committed. Thank you. /s/ Paul Mitchell http://www.supremelaw.com
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