The usqueers.com page in question: http://www.usqueers.com/commentary/die_soon.html Excerpt: >Ronald Reagan, ex-President, deserves to experience a horrible death soon, >and is getting what he deserves. We're listing him as wounded because the >way he is dying is horrible (Alzheimer's) and irreversible, even if he >isn't aware of it anymore, and not soon enough we will happily add him to >our Good Riddance! section. Attorney John B. Thompson, who wrote the letter to DOJ, has a fascinating history of, for instance, reportedly attacking CBS over what he viewed as threats the network's comedy show made on the life of George W. Bush: http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3992e0b40d02.htm Thompson wrote a letter to FCC complaining about Howard Stern: http://www.cluebot.com/articles/01/09/14/2010224.shtml >a special tip-of-the-hat to [Thompson] who, in the face of the death of >thousands of Americans, has taken time out of his busy schedule to >petition the FCC to censor Howard Stern, whom he terms a 'child molestor' >and 'pornographer'. It's nice to know some people have their priorities >straight. I'm not sure why CNSNews.com would call Thompson a "prominent First Amendment lawyer." He seems to be a prominent 1A lawyer in much the same way that Louis Freeh was a prominent privacy advocate. In his email below, David Burt is talking about when the ACLU's Oregon affiliate (not the national ACLU) filed an amicus brief arguing that a federal judge close the Nuremberg anti-abortion site (http://www.politechbot.com/p-01860.html). -Declan --- From: dburtat_private Subject: "Nuremberg Files"-type case involving Conservatives wanting Leftist "Wanted List" Removed Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 08:53:59 -0800 To: <mnemonicat_private>, <declanat_private>, <volokhat_private> I'd like to hear what the Oregon branch of the ACLU thinks about this, after they advocating closing "The Nuremberg Files": Attorney Calls on Justice Dept to Close Hate Site By Lawrence Morahan CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer November 26, 2001 (CNSNews.com) - A prominent First Amendment lawyer called on the U.S. Justice Department to conduct an immediate investigation of an Internet site that advocates "a horrible death by any means" for people who oppose homosexual activism. The web site, usqueers.com, is in violation of state and federal law for advocating the murder of specific individuals, including former President Ronald Reagan and Sen. Strom Thurmond, First Amendment attorney John B. Thompson said. "This is clearly left-wing domestic terrorism which Justice [Department officials] and the FBI must move on immediately with a shut down of the site and an arrest of B. Allen Ross, who operates the site from San Diego," Thompson said in a Nov. 25 letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft. http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200111/CUL20011126d.html Website Urges Death for 'Heterosexual Supremacists' By Susan Jones CNSNews.com Morning Editor November 26, 2001 (CNSNews.com) - A former U.S. president and a sitting U.S. senator are among the targets of a website that advocates "a horrible death by any means" for people it describes as heterosexual supremacists. Former President Ronald Reagan and Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) are among those described as "het supremacists" by usQueers.com. http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=\Culture\archive\200111\CUL20011126b.html ----------------------------------- David Burt, Public Relations N2H2, Inc. E-mail:dburtat_private Web: http://www.n2h2.com Address: 900 4th Avenue, Suite 3600 Seattle, WA 98164 Office Phone: 206 892-1130 Cell Phone: 206 915-1283 Fax: 509 271-4226 ----------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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