Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, Paine did fine. Although he was arrested by the British before the war, his writings were widely read and influential during the Revolution and right after. He was in France for the French Revolution and was imprisoned by Robespierre. He returned to the US in 1082 at the invitation of Jefferson, and died in relative obscurity in 1809. As far as I know, he was never imprisoned or harassed by the US government, although he was attacked in the press. After all, being attacked in the press is what first amendment rights are all about, right? Max ----- Original Message ----- From: "Slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov@charter.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 4:34 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] FBI disrupts 20 Indymedia web sites hosted in England > Thomas Paine didn't fair too well, in spite of the 'protection.' > S. Dimitrov > > >> From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 11:19:01 -0700 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] FBI disrupts 20 Indymedia web sites hosted in >> England >> >> On 10/12/04 6:44 PM, "Slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov@charter.net> typed: >> >>> pamphleteer >> >> >> I was clueless so I looked it up: >> >> >> During colonial times in America, if you wanted to convince or inform >> people about some issue that you considered important, you went to the >> local >> printer and got some pamphlets printed. You then handed them out, read >> them >> to anybody that was interested, nailed them to the town bulletin board, >> or >> the nearest tree. The first amendment was specifically written to >> protect >> this type of activity and the writers or "pamphleteers". >> >> >> >> >> Mark Rabiner >> Photography >> Portland Oregon >> http://rabinergroup.com/ >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information