[lbo-talk] Webmaster Sherman Austin Gets 1 Year in Jail

Chuck0 chuck at mutualaid.org
Mon Aug 4 20:42:35 PDT 2003


Bill Bartlett wrote:


> Why are you sending this story to all those lists? The story appears to have no source (the indymedia.org hotlink returns an error message and the apparent author merely gives a first name and initial.) and lacks any substantive facts, it doesn't even tell us what offense this Sherman Austin person is supposed to have been convicted of.
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> So, while it might sound very dramatic, the story is utterly useless. It seems quite irresponsible to be disseminating such rubbish. It only gives free speech a bad name.
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> Bill Bartlett
> Bracknell Tas

Thanks for your solidarity, "fellow worker." A young anarchist is being sent to prison for a year on trumped up charges and your first response is to criticize the messenger?

This is a newsflash. You know, like the crawling ticker on the bottom of cable news? More substantial news will follow.

Chuck Munson Infoshop News



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