[lbo-talk] Moore on Mumia

[Jurriaan Bendien]

I disagree. I am convinced Mumia is innocent as charged. But he's a helluva
stroppy guy for sure. He is both mercilessly critical and also humanistic,
and would you expect anything else in his situation ? I wish people would
get Mumia's real point.

J.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Perrin" <dperrin at comcast.net>
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Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 4:44 AM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Moore on Mumia


> I've long found this lefty worship of Mumia disturbing -- another case of
> the Cult of Personality. Maybe he killed Faulkner, maybe not. If he did,
> then the issue is opposition to captial punishment. If he didn't, then the
> issues are fair trials and official cover-ups. But Mumia is not the only
> imprisoned person who could, or should, inspire debate and activism.
Indeed,
> he's become a Left Celeb.
>
> As for Amy Goodman, Joseph, you might want to tell the author of that post
> that Amy almost gave her life in East Timor helping to make Americans
aware
> of the Indonesian slaughter there. Her partner Alan Nairn threw himself
over
> her while the two of them were assaulted by Indonesian soldiers in the
> middle of a massacre. Sound like a "limo lib" to you?
>
> DP
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