From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
> Ian Murray wrote:
>
> >The whole reason for forwarding it is so that multiple agents can
> >engage in verification
>
> That's not the way it works. Many people believe things they read,
> and in this case, lots of people want to believe Oden's story.
> There's a certain kind of leftist that gets an almost pornographic
> thrill out of tales of police repression.
========= Agree; yet it's precisely the productive debate that can -thankfully- take place in c-spaces like lbo that we can deal with that larger problem.
> I was amazed that when Amy Goodman asked Oden if she'd heard any
> other tales of Greens being harassed, Oden said no, and then Goodman
> just let it pass. This is going to discredit stories of real
> repression, and over the last few days has eclipsed any concern for
> the 1200 people in detention right now, names and charges unknown.
>
> Doug
=============== Well that's our cue to move on to more important things, especially at the demos that may be taking place in the next few days. One analogy I got from a lawyer/human rights professor yesterday is that we're seeing 21st century Palmer raids against yet another minority.Somebody ought to call Amy on that one...
Ian