(Note: I'm not certain if lilitheater is Terry Baum's actual address; it was the contact address on her domain. I resent a slightly modified version of this to Nancy Pelosi's correct address after getting the bounce message for the @house.gov one.) Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 15:45:22 -0700 From: Deekoo L To: depalmaforcongress[at]yahoo.com, dowell4congress[at]workers.org, lilitheater[at]hotmail.com, sf.nancy[at]house.gov Subject: Question on bodily liberty Message-ID: <20041027224522.GA66257@chaos.tentacle.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Status: RO Greetings and salutations. I'm sending this letter to everyone who I know is running for Federal representative in my district, in the hopes of determining whom I wish to vote for. Fundamentally, my question is: who do you believe owns my body? The current legal structure asserts that the government has the right to forbid people from ingesting the chemicals of their choice; as a result, research into the apparent anticancer effects of marijuana has been stymied for decades, millions of people have lost their freedoms, and American citizens are having their lives endangered by government officials. If elected, will you take measures to reduce legal penalties for recreational drug use, posession, sale, and/or manufacture? If you have already held office, can you document an instance where you have voted for or (co)sponsored a bill to reduce penalties? I ask about recreational use rather than medical use because existing medical exemptions to Prohibition wind up requiring patients and providers to prove need; in practice, this wastes patients money, impedes people from getting the medical care they desire, and forces them to accept the judgement of another person over their own body. If you want your response kept confidential, say so; otherwise, I may post the response (or a link to it) on my endorsement/de-endorsement page. -- "I'm a Zig'raug'lurr, a four-dimensional solid." - Grant [ Mind control codes : Giant yeemp construction ] http://deekoo.net/ [ Realtime ] Yeemp: deekoo~tentacle.net ICQ: 35848456 AOHellIM: ookeed