Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 17:42:47 -0700 From: spooner@doitnow.com Subject: [lpaz-repost] ISIL ON BARRICADES To: spooner@doitnow.com
>From: VincentHMiller@cs.com
>Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 13:28:40 EST
>Subject: ISIL ON BARRICADES
>To: VincentHMiller@cs.com
>
>Hello friends:
> I think you will agree that the following message is rather
>alarming. I ask that you please read and distribute it to your e-mail
>lists . . . and respond.
> We need to nip this sort of thing in the bud.
>Thanks . . . Vince Miller
>
>
>Subj: [NZNow] Rejected for Libertarianism
>Date: 3/6/01 10:11:53 PM Pacific Standard Time
>From: peron@gonet.co.za (Jim Peron)
>To: NZNow@yahoogroups.com
>
>Is it a crime to be a libertarian? Imagine a world where libertarians
>were banned from moving from country to country because they are
>libertarians? Absurd! Impossible! Well, unfortunately this is one very
>real step closer and your help can prevent this from happening. Here is
>a short explanation of what happened nd a longer one follows it if you
>want more details.
>
>Libertarian writer Jim Peron recently applied to immigrate into New
>Zealand to open up a bookstore,a libertarian publishing house, and to
>work for the International Society for International Liberty His salary
>is paid from outside New Zealand and his venture would only create jobs.
>Yet the application was rejected. Now that alone is nothing since
>immigration officials routinely turn down valid applications. But in
>this case the appraiser of the application launched a tirade against
>ISIL and libertarians in general and made it very clear that
>libertarians should not be welcomed into New Zealand because of their
>political beliefs.
>
>Jim was recently assaulted by armed men who broke into his home in South
>Africa and he was threatened with death. His application to New Zealand
>means he can escape the very real possibility that next time the men
>will pull the trigger. In New Zealand 2 people per 100,000 are murdered
>each year. In South Africa the rate is 61 per 100,000. Violent assualt
>in SA is now 574 per 100,000 people per year. In just a ten year
>period one out of every 15 people either is murdered or has been
>violently attacked in South Africa. To make matters more urgent there is
>now evidence that the men have returned to his home at least once
>attempting to gain entry again. This is not just politics. This is a
>very real life and death issue.
>
>The bureaucrat who declined the application said in her report that
>because ISIL is a libertarian organization this places a question mark
>over the desirability of such an organization, and whether Mr Peron
>would be ineligible for residence because of his association with such
>an organization. She also made it clear that if another application is
>presented that it is also likely to be rejected. She wrote: if any
>future application were received, this matter would need be explored.
>The matter in question is Perons working for a libertarian group.
>
>Now what makes libertarians so evil in the eyes of this woman? She
>listed only four positions. First an ISIL conference had a speaker
>talking about legalizing marijuana. And second ISIL produced a pamphlet
>series which 1. opposed censoring pornography; 2. questioned the
>validity of gun control and 3. supported a bill of rights. Those are
>the positions she lists which proves libertarians are radicals who are
>not desirable for entry into New Zealand.
>
>The report claims that this diatribe against libertarians is ot the
>reason for the rejection but that doesnt appear true. In the report
>the author used her discretionary powers to deny the application. Her
>justification was this:
>
>First: Mr Peron is not a key employee of ISIL since he does not yet hold
>the position in New Zealand that needs to be filled. To get entry into
>NZ he must already be employed. But to be employed he must gain entry
>into NZ. Catch 22. In fact the report quotes the law as saying that a
>key employee is anyone the CEO of the business says is a key employee.
>And the office will not open if Mr. Peron does not get entry. How much
>more key can one be?
>
>Second: She argues that ISIL can not apply as a relocating business
>because it has non profit status in the US. Yet the bookstore in NZ
>would be profit making, so would be the publishing venture. And she
>refuses to divulge any other category under which ISIL could apply. If
>her ruling stands then it would appear that all non profit groups in the
>world are banned from New Zealand. So can this be her actual position?
>Highly unlikely. After all do you think she would stop the Red Cross
>from sending in staff?
>
>Since this ruling was immediately followed by her attack on radical
>libertarians it appears that politics were her actual motive.
>
>This matter is being appealed. We certainly do not want an immigration
>official anywhere to use ones libertarian beliefs as further
>justification for denying entry. This precedent would be dangerous. If
>they can deny immigration on the basis of libertarianism then they can
>also deny tourist visas, etc. Such a precedent, in what is considered a
>free country, could later be expanded and spread. The best thing to do
>is stop it right now.
>
>The matter will be appealed and a member of parliament has been asked to
>look into this ruling. But we want to collect hundreds of emails
>protesting this injustice. These will be submitted along with the
>appeal. So would you please spare a few minutes to do the following:
>
>WRITE YOUR POLITE PROTEST NOW!
>
>1. Write an email protesting this ruling. Keep to the facts of the case
>and be polite. Rude or threatening emails would be detrimental and will
>not be passed on. They will just waste your time and ours. Mention Mr.
>Peron by name and politely ask that the ruling be overturned and that
>ISIL be permitted to transfer him to New Zealand. Address your email to
>New Zealand Immigration Services, To Whom It May Concern. In the subject
>line write Immigration Appeal to speed things up.
>
>SIGN IT AND TELL THEM WHO YOU ARE
>
>2. Please use your real name at the bottom. And state your position.
>If you are a journalist, for instance, state this and mention for whom
>you work. You may include a line saying this is your private position
>and does not necessarily reflect the organization. But let them know
>who you are. If you are a CEO of a company or the head of an
>organization say so. Academics should list at what institution they
>work. This helps give credibility to your views and will counteract the
>claims that libertarians are simply radicals with no credibility. If
>you have a libertarian credential and a real world credential
>please
>use the real world one. In other words put down CEO of Major
Corp. or >Prof. of Economics instead of chairman Podunk Libertarian Club.
>
>SEND ONE COPY TO THESE TWO ADDRESSES
>
>3. Keep it relatively short, Maybe three paragraphs at most. When
>finished email your protest to these two addresses:
> peron@gonet.co.za
> orgnon@ihug.co.nz
>
>We will print out the emails and pass them on as a group.
>
>DONT DELAY YOU MAY FORGET
>
>4. Please do this right now. If you put it off you are likely to forget
>until its too late. Even if this means its short dont wait.
>
>PASS THIS EMAIL ON TO AS MANY AS YOU CAN
>
>5. Take a few minutes and send this email out to as many people as you
>can to help us generate a groundswell of protest. One hundred emails
>may annoy them but one thousand might worry them! And 5,000 could
>terrify them.
>
>
>
>Libertarianism is not a crime and libertarians are not criminals. They
>should not be treated as such and your protest will help prevent this
>from happening.
>
>We need these right away so we can judge our support. And for the
>purposes of the appeal we have until the end of March 2001 to gather
>our protests. So lets get this going right now.
>
Vin Suprynowicz, vin@lvrj.com
Rick Tompkins
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