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To: Charles Tutt who wrote (34189)	11/18/1999 2:34:00 AM
From: Gerald Walls	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Re: your message accusing anyone who abhors the government's iron-fist actions at Ruby Ridge and Waco of being a "McVeigh's follower". Your message begs a reply, but I can't think of one that wouldn't just be completely wasted on you. All I can hope is that someday you realize just what you're being asked to give up in exchange for all that government protection.

To: Charles Tutt who wrote (34189)	11/18/1999 12:01:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Respond to of 74651

CT: Your thoughts are typical of the type of person who would give up liberty for the sake of the promise of governmental "care and protections" (Communism). As for the madman McVeigh his brutish actions were born of a ground swell of discontent for big government and its overarching control of our lives. Although we all detest his method, I am not sure that there isn't a certain amount of general sympathy for his motivation. We might liken him to a modern day John Brown. I, along with everyone else, in this country thought the taking of innocent life in that event to be abhorrent. I, however, do not see it as much different than the taking of innocent life at Waco or the slaughter of innocents that takes place in an abortuary every day wherein that goulish execution is done by the mother of the child with the blessing of the law and with the emphatic endorsement of the Clinton Administration. Anarchist? I am anything but. The rule of law is paramount but as William Penn suggested laws are useless unless administered by God fearing and upright men. It seems that this administration sees themselves as above the law since they abuse it so mightily and even personally ala Clinton's lying under oath to the harm of another citizen. RR, Waco, Jewel show that this administration was brutish and heavy handed in wielding the sceptre of government. They, in these instances, were like McVeigh but had the additional advantage of being armed with the mantle of government. Their judgement in send DOJ after MSFT is equally flawed. Your arguments, no doubt, appeal to some pop political and emotional attitudes of the moment but are lacking in logic and reason. But this is par for this liberal media centric and shallow society we live in today. Our judicial system deserves respect indeed and Jackson has done all he can to diminish the respect that it deserves. He, above all, has brought on a cynical view of the administration of justice in accordance with law rather than out of personal pique. Again good laws are useless without good men to administer them. MSFT's only crime is that they have competed too well to the detriment of their competitors and have not contributed enough to the DNC. JFD