Doug Henwood at dhenwood at panix.com wrote:
> > > Vegetarianism attracts the most surprising promoters. This week's NY
> > > Press contains an interview by Andre Slivka with Bernie Goetz, the
> > > famed subway shooter, who's now running for mayor (but if he won,
> > > he'd let Rudy run the city). [ Goetz advertises vegetarianism. ]
Gary Ashwill wrote:
> > A few years back Goetz was involved with some sort of save the squirrels
> > campaign. He was on some newsmagazine show with squirrels crawling all over
> > him and perching on his shoulders as he fed them. They seemed to like him a
> > lot.
Christopher Rhoades Dÿkema:
> I went to school with the guy, in 1961-1962. This was after his father had
> gotten convicted of child molesting and they packed him and his elder sister off
> to Europe. I never heard his voice, as he spoke only to his sister, whose name
> is Bernice. The father's name is also Bernhard; (they give it the German
> spelling). He seemed pretty weird to most.
According to some of the people on this mailing list, vegetarianism or animal-rights activism are sure evidence of Nazi sympathies, so everything fits. Goetz must be watched carefully; he's probably tying swastika armbands on those squirrels. Meanwhile, to stay down with Uncle Karl and the working class, you'd better run out and kill and eat a quadruped as soon as possible.