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Mindless Mayhem #9
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It's about 4:10 A.M. on Monday June 22 1991. I no longer
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sleep, so in my quest to find something to do I bring you
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these two tidbits: "As American As Apple Pie" and "The
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F.A.C.T. About Censorship" They are flyers I picked up on a
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recent trip to Chicago.
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____________________________________________________________
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"AS AMERICAN AS APPLE PIE"
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The right of free speech, the constitutional guarantees, the
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principles that this country was founded upon concentrated
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in the expression "Censorship is Un-American" - these have
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been articles of faith in the censorship movement.
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Who is the enemy? The religious zealots, government
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bureaucrats, fascist minded legislators - who's goals and
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methods are seen as gross violations of what this country
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should be. Or is it? Are the inheritors of "we the people"
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those who defy the Helms, the Wildmans and Bushes - or are
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the thought police merely doing what is necessary to
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preserve and defend the traditions or the nation, Americas
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true standard bearers.
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This isn't academic. If we reach for the constitution as a
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weapon to ward off the censors, what we pick up may not be a
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shield, but a snake. If we see no farther than a return to
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"normalcy", of life without the interference of the PMRC,
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what then of those for whom "normalcy" has always been a
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living hell. When a chance video reveals the everyday
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viciousness of the police to people of color, when public
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housing residents have the choice of submit or be evicted in
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the name of the war on drugs, when a homeless person can't
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even ask for a dime on a subway without being hauled off to
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jail, can one really call the relative opportunity for the
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middle class to express themselves - "freedom"?
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Censorship is not just what gets the blue pencil - there is
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much that falls to even make it that far though America's
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cultural and intellectual meatgrinder. There is no need to
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'ban' women artists when so few are shown. There is no need
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to 'enforce' a white ethos in children's books, when 95% are
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already devoid of any other race. Given the consequences
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should a teacher attempt to explain the experience of gay
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people in your average American classroom - why bother
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'forbidding' it. It is only a consequence of the massive
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rebellions in the 60's that there exists some diversity in a
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few pockets here and there. Is it not ironic that the
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assault on those alternative voices that exist is being done
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in the name of freedom, of overthrowing the "tyranny" of
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"political correctness" and "multiculturalism".
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What is at stake is more than some men being denied their
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god given right to wack off to men's magazines, is bigger
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than just "me doing whatever the fuck I want" - it is, and
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has been a life and death question for all those considered
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'outside' the mainstream of America. Is it any surprise
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that most of those being targeted today are voices for those
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sections of people who've always been on Americas hit list -
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people of color, defiant women, gays and lesbians, middle
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class youth who've gone over to the 'enemy' - has America
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ever been a place where this has not been the case?
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On July 4th, we will be subjected [TWB Note- we WERE
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subjected] to what promises to be an obscene orgy of self-
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congratulations over the successful slaughter of the Iraqi
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people. Awash in yellow ribbons, drenched in red, white and
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blue - in the name of celebrating the uniqueness of Americas
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freedoms, eyes will be averted from those unfortunate images
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of horror and degradation that define the real new world
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order. It nourishes a climate being molded where
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suppression of new reinforces perpetuation of stereotypes to
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enable a heavy hand to keep in place all those 'not with the
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program.'
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What better a time for a different voice to be heard, for
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the real questions of the day [TWB note- or ANY day] to be
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raised. "Censorship: As American As Apple Pie" - needs to
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be addressed through discussion, debate and by putting the
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ideas, views, and expressions deemed verboten on center
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stage. "Submit" will be the official message this July 4th,
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let us deliver a better one, of liberation - that we will
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not acquiesce, we will not be silenced, and it is definitely
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not us who will be made to go away.
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POLITICALLY CORRECT TERRORIST COMMITTEE
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THE F.A.C.T. ABOUT CENSORSHIP
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Donald Wildmon and his group, the American Family
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Association, have targeted Waldenbooks and K-Mart to remove
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magazines containing nudity.
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F.A.C.T.: By not naming any particular magazine, fashion,
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art and sports magazines are all under attack!
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F.A.C.T.: Donald Wildmon spends hundreds of thousands of
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dollars on "campaigns" to tell us what to read.
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F.A.C.T. urges these store NOT to turn over their selection
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of material to Donald Wildmon!
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F.A.C.T. (Fight Against Censorship Today) is a coalition of
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groups and individuals that believe free speech and free
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expression are under attack. We urge you to reprint this
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flyer and send in the coupon below. For further information
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contact: F.A.C.T., C/O GUILD BOOKS, 2456 N. Lincoln Ave.,
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Chicago, Illinois -- 312/525-3667.
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Send to: Mr. Joseph Antonini
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K-Mart, 311 West Big Beaver, Troy, MI. 48084
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or call: 1-800-635-6278
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Dear Mr. Antonini:
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I urge you to carry all the magazines and books you
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presently carry and ignore the vague American Family
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Association interstate attack on free speech. Don't give
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in!
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Signature:
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Address:
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____________________________________________________________
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If you would like, you can call us at Destiny Knights BBS at
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(708) 307-3768. The NUP is Fourth Dimension. If you say
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you saw this here you just might get access.
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If you would like to see text file groups become popular
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again, or at least join ours, call us or write either me
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(The Wizard of Black) or the sysop of Destiny Knights (Great
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One) at:
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David Nelson <----This is Important! If you don't use
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P.O. Box 95856 this name we won't get your mail!
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North Suburban, IL 60195
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____________________________________________________________
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Mindless Mayhem is published on an irregular basis by people
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who really have nothing better to do. Please distribute
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this file freely, but do not change it unless you really
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think you need to!
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____________________________________________________________
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"Jerry, I sometimes believe that we're heading very fast for
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Armageddon right now." --Ronald Reagan to Falwell.
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