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Re: Federal Reserve Board - "Know Your Customer" Rule
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 14 Apr 1999 13:53:11 GMT
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Well, you have to admit, that it sounds good to begin with ...
I know OF it, though I'm not IN it ...
After listening more and more to politicians and others, I'm
starting to think more and more Libertarian and Constitutionalist ...
Anyway ...
-Lee.
Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> Lee Jorgensen wrote:
> >
> > For more information on privacy and the fight to protect it,
> > go to ...
> >
> > http://www.jbs.org/
> >
> > The John Birch Society
>
> I first looked into the JBS when I was 12. It starts off fairly
> reasonable, but goes nutty pretty fast.
>
> There are significant similarities in position, which have come about
> for wildly varying reasons, but I would not say congruence by any means.
> Not hardly.
>
> The LP message is one of tolerance and freedom. In the LP view, there is
> no "communist conspiracy" per se (never ascribe to malice what stupidity
> is sufficient to explain) operating within the shadowy recesses of the
> government, no Trilateral Commission, no cult of personality around a
> single founder, no reverence of Joseph McCarthy and the tactics of
> slander and intimidation, and no emphasis on God's plan for the US
> revolving around members saving the world.
>
> In fact I don't think the JBS thinks much of the LP. The JBS is
> staunchly pro law and order, so although it speaks of the burden of
> regulations, I doubt it would have much of a problem with this one.
>
> The JBS thinks that almost all forms of interpersonal relationships are
> "sinful" and that there is no need for tolerance in that area. Witness
> their lambasting of Kinsey as a deviant for doing research into
> behaviour.
>
> The LP just wants us all to be able to be left alone. It doesn't feel
> the need to condemn anyone as sinful, although we certainly take delight
> in pointing out stupidity.
>
> --
> Larry Pieniazek http://my.voyager.net/lar
> FDIC Know your Customer is wounded, thanks to you, but not dead...
> See http://www.defendyourprivacy.com for details
> For me: No voyager e-mail please. All snail-mail to Ada, please.
> - Posting Binaries to RTL causes flamage... Don't do it, please.
> - Stick to the facts when posting about others, please.
> - This is a family newsgroup, thanks.
--
Lee Jorgensen, Programmer/Analyst - Bankoe Systems, Inc.
mailto:jorgensen@bankoe.moc <-- reverse moc
mailto:ljorgensen@uswest.ten <-- reverse ten
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