Time: Sat Nov 09 09:31:24 1996
To: 
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: PMRS update
Cc: 
Bcc: Neil Nordbrock, Marcia A. Armstrong, Chris Wilder, Dean Hines, Electra, Jean-Pierre Weingarten, Jim McCall, Reed Harris, The Arizona Republic, Tucson Citizen, TV stations

>Date: Sat, 09 Nov 1996 09:28:45
>To: "E. J. Totty" <eschelon@eschelon.seanet.com>
>From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
>Subject: PMRS update
>Bcc: liberty lists
>
>Dear Mr. Totty,
>
>It was an experiment, in more ways
>than one.  I wanted to keep posting
>the material -- knowing that people
>don't always read, or fully understand,
>their email the first time -- until 
>I got some kind of response, ANY kind
>of response from recipients.  And so,
>in a nation with an incarceration rate
>twice that of South Africa, which is
>second in prisoners per capita, the 
>answers I have received most often
>are:  "Take me off your list!" and
>"Have a heart -- get lost."  Quite a 
>few of these "requests" have come from
>members of the press and broadcast media.
>What does that tell you?  Maybe fascism
>is making a strong comeback, right in
>our own backyards, yes?
> 
>Not one American has even ventured 
>to ask, 
>
>"What can I do to help with this?"
>
>Not one.  This is truly shocking, 
>particularly when one of those who
>told me to "Get lost" then comes 
>screaming for help, because now they
>have been targeted by IRS, or BATF,
>or FBI, or who knows what.  And, of
>course, I am expected to be kind, 
>courteous, efficient, professional,
>humane and, above all, generous.
>
>"Oh, Mr. Mitchell, we all thought
> you worked for free."
>
>Aren't we so proud to be Americans?
>It's no wonder that so many people
>in foreign countries hate our guts.
>
>/s/ Paul Mitchell
>
>
>At 05:33 AM 11/9/96 -0800, you wrote:
>>	Paul,
>>
>>	The subject line on PMRS has been around the block several times now.
>>	I have received every one of them. My question is, how many time do
>>I have to receive a post before I just ignore its poster?
>>
>>	While your information is indeed newsworthy, and important,
>>peppering the list with the same old information every so often serves
>>nothing more than a form of harrasment, since we are somewhat 'forced' to
>>read the contents of each post to discover if new information has been
>>released.
>>
>>	My time, as with everone else's is important. If we are made to
>>waste it on repetitious posts that contain nothing new, we cannot devote
>>more time to where it will do more good.
>>
>>
>>	Have a heart, and consider your acts.
>>
>>	Ed
>
      

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