Roland Balke wrote in a message to Robert Craft:
 RB> Mr. Moderator, the above is a hazard to this echo in particular and
 RB> potentially the entire FIDO system in general. Theorhetically any
 RB> oppponent to the above candidate can ask for equal time on this
 RB> medium. Impossible to  verify, of course. So, said candidate could
 RB> ask the ACLU to intercede, and  those folks, not knowing the ins
 RB> and outs of FIDO, would apply sledgehammer  tactics and just close
 RB> down FORLE, possibly all of FIDO US, just to make sure that no
 RB> candidate had an unfair advantage.
 RB> This is not a joke. This is a crisis. If this situation is not
 RB> corrected, we  will see system operators getting their systems
 RB> confiscated in the name of  "fairness" on a scale that makes the
 RB> Steve Jackson raid look like a schoolyard bully stealing a kid's
 RB> candy. All from an action not completely thought through by a
 RB> would-be politician.
No, Roland, it is not a joke.  It could very well be an over-reaction, 
though.  Remember that, at this point in time, Mike is only technically a 
candidate for anything (unless he has publically declared). I can't speak for 
Robert, but I do not see anything wrong in someone asking for advice in the 
echo.  I see it as being very much in the spirit of what Rush espouses in his 
writings and radio program, since I see him as wanting very much for we the 
people to be actively involved in our government.
-- Mark
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