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To: JBTFD who wrote (38411)	2/25/2005 5:01:49 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Yeaaah Mark. I like your style. I agree with all that you said except that Peter said what you said he said. It is perfectly American to express dissenting opinions. Peter accurately pointed out that some opinions are not being friendly to America.

To: JBTFD who wrote (38411)	2/25/2005 5:56:22 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 173976

What to speak of America's "friends". They are not required to blindly submit to policies they think are wrong in order to be considered friends. "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. (Applause.) From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime." whitehouse.gov Friends support their friends after privately consulting with them. In such private consultations the friend shares their advice about the proposed course. One of the best pieces of advice I ever receive was when I first joined an elective board: Disagreement stays in the meeting, once a decision is made the only piece of information for dissemination is that the subject was discussed and this is the decision that was made. It appears to me you would like to introduce intellectual tyranny as American. And any dissent as un-American. Well that is not gonna fly as freedom of conscience is at the essence of American liberties. You appear to be shooting from the hip.

To: JBTFD who wrote (38411)	2/25/2005 8:05:47 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

"Well that is not gonna fly as freedom of conscience is at the essence of American liberties." I am one of the few who would support a constitutional convention. Our circumstance needs to be updated... 'No person shall be required to violate an issue of personal conscience in the performance of public or private service to another.' If this were a principle of our constitional law it would drastically change the legal culture of America.