might not the real issue for Tweeters be that while this service is
free to all of us who have been permitted to join it, someone -- the
owner -- is paying for the bandwidth & the archiving, etc. and that
person has a right to ask that everyone stay on the topic for which he
is funding the service for all the rest of us? Tweeters is not about
our first amendment rights, it is about the courtesy of respecting
someone who is benefiting all the rest of us.

Chris Kessler
Seattle

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Michael Brown <borealis at seanet.com> wrote:
> Thank you Brendan. As they say in Australia, "Too right!"
>
> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:48:22 -0700, Brendan McGarry wrote
>> Regardless of if it is or isn't allowed - I think that this is important.
>> Regardless of political views, wolf killing (and any other predator as well)
>> is a big problem, especially when the people doing so have no concept of
>> ecology. This sort of mentality towards predatory species can have the
>> whole world crashing down around us (a bit dramatic but probably not too far
>> off). Being PC (especially on "neutral" listservs) sometimes irks me
>> because I feel like it's an excuse to pretend that problems don't exist and
>> a way to hide from realities of our natural world. It wouldn't matter who
>> was supporting this sort of killing to me, democrat or republican, private
>> interest or government. Yes, it comes at a time when politics are very
>> charged but I still stand that is an important issue and I hardly think this
>> is a barrage of political propaganda. Sorry, I know this will probably
>> snowball but of all the things I see on tweeters, I feel the need to comment
>> on this. Thanks Ruth.
>>
>> Also - didn't someone post a piece of writing from Ken Kaufman about ANWAR
>> which was fairly leftist in it's leanings? I suppose that was merely a link
>> but still.
>>
>> -Brendan McGarry
>> Seattle, WA
>> mcgbre04 at gmail.com
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 1:45 PM, <mf-hornedowl at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Here we go.......... Bryan M mf-hornedowl at comcast.net
>> >
>>
>> > -------------- Original message --------------
>> > From: retief at deweydrive.com
>> >
>> > > I am not sure of all the rules regarding this mailing list, but I
>> > > certainly do
>> > > not appreciate political solicitions of any kind coming to me via such
>> > > a list.
>> > > If this is standard practice, I have certainly not seen this is the
>> > > years I
>> > > have subscribed, please let me know and I can act accordingly.
>> > >
>> >
>> > > Quoting Ruth Sullivan :
>> > >
>> > > > Defenders of Wildlife
>> > > > ----- Original Message -----
>> > >
>> > >
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> Michael Brown
> Puyallup, Washington
>
> "to announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we
> are
> to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and
> servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
>
> -Teddy Roosevelt
>
> "...I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of
> what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?"
>
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