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...scares people out of exercising what is currently a constitutional right. If you don't agree with abortion, that's fine. If you think it's wrong, that's your right. But don't tell me that your right to free speech enables you to harass, intimidate, and tacitly threaten with violence other individuals in society who are attempting to exercise their own rights...
...Meredith Osborn's "Defending Roe v. Wade" (Op-Ed, March 3): Osborn says that on early Saturday mornings anti-abortion activists gather to "threaten, abuse and physically block" the entrance to the abortion clinic (on Commonwealth Ave.). Yet it is not these protestors in peaceful prayer who give cause for alarm--but rather Osborn and others as they shout "Racist, sexist, anti-gay, born-again bigots go away!" to drown out the prayers of the crowd...
...Meredith Osborn's "Defending Roe v. Wade" (Op-Ed, March 3): Osborn says that on early Saturday mornings anti-abortion activists gather to "threaten, abuse and physically block" the entrance to the abortion clinic (on Commonwealth Ave.). Yet it is not these protestors in peaceful prayer who give cause for alarm-but rather Osborn and others as they shout "Racist, sexist, anti-gay, born-again bigots go away!" to drown out the prayers of the crowd...
...with Intel. The surprise deal, which is still subject to public comment, was struck last week on the eve of a major antitrust trial. The truce helps establish new limits on the exercise of market dominance. In the Intel case, the microprocessor giant has agreed not to withhold -- or threaten to withhold -- technical information as a way of getting companies to sign away intellectual property rights. Computer makers such as Compaq, IBM and Dell are highly dependent on Intel for advanced information when designing new computers that will make the most of Intel's chips. Intel can still keep information...
...folks like Falwell called far right when they're always out in left field? And why does anyone take these bozos so seriously? Maybe Falwell is jealous because the Teletubbies' creators make piles of money without having to threaten anybody with the jaws of hell. CHARLES GODWIN Davenport, Iowa...