RE: In Defense of Freedom

From: Philip Sherburne (psherburne@jeevessolutions.com)
Date: Wed Sep 26 2001 - 20:36:43 CEST

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    Hadn't this thread DIED on acid jazz? Thanks, Steve. Nice one. Way to have
    the last word there.

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Steve Catanzaro [mailto:stevencatanzaro@sprintmail.com]
    > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 10:58 AM
    > To: Aregood, Michael; 'Jason Witherspoon';
    > droneon@lists.no-fi.com; Acid
    > Jazz Mailing List; kozmigroov@midheaven.com;
    > downtempo@yahoogroups.com;
    > funky-music@ai.mit.edu
    > Subject: Re: In Defense of Freedom
    >
    >
    > Of course this rhetoric is predictable:
    >
    > "The fear and desperation that grows from poverty and
    > oppression is crucial
    > to any understanding of violence throughout the world."
    >
    > Except for the sobering fact that none of the 19 who killed
    > themselves were
    > poor, the beaches of Florida are not particularly oppressive
    > places to live,
    > all things considered, and their patron, Osama bin Laden, is heir to a
    > multimillion dollar fortune.
    >
    > If an evil is recognized, and those who have the power to stop it do
    > nothing, do they not share in the guilt?
    >
    > Reality check from the editor of the New Republic;
    >
    > http://magazines.enews.com/100101/trb100101.html
    >
    >
    >
    > > That peaceful dissent is happening this weekend in Washington DC. Go
    > here...
    >
    >



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