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From: jmg@cernvax.UUCP (jmg)
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Subject: Re: students care about the world.
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Date: Mon, 6-May-85 11:03:31 EDT
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Posted: Mon May  6 11:03:31 1985
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In article <2039@sdcc6.UUCP> ix673@sdcc6.UUCP (rich) writes:
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>I realize that the net is not in general considered a polit-
>ical  forum,  But  the net has grown. I hope and I pray that
>those of you who read this will do so with an open mind  and
>heart.

That is right, it is not a political forum. Therefore, please keep
your discussion where it ought to be. You might at the same time
make an effort to get the facts right: cases argued on incorrect
or incomplete facts lose credibility.

>     On campuses across the nation students have been trying
>to  do just the smallest amount to end the apartheid slavery
>in South Africa, of South Africans. How can we  continue  to
>ignore  such  a  situation  as  this?  If one is to consider
>slavery the restriction of free movement, then South  Africa
>is  true  a  slave nation in this century. Her native people
>may not leave there labor camps. Yes they are paid, but  not
>even  enough  to  eat.  Money is only as good as the food it
>buys.

Who tells you that they do not have enough money to eat?
Why do you not consult a dictionary to find the meaning of slavery:
defining your own meaning to make it fit the case is trickery.
What is a native of a country? How many natives does the USA
have (be careful on this question)?

>     It is not the time or the place to go into the depth of
>the  problems  in South Africa in this article. All I ask is
>that you people read this, think about it and begin to  dis-
>cuss  it  in the appropriate groups.  Please at least listen
>to what has been going on down there for just all too  long.
>If  a  near by University is holding a sit in or a teach in,
>go to it, you may learn something.

It is certainly not the place. By all means learn something, but
do it in an open manner: sit-ins at nearby Universities are
not likely to be unbiassed. Too often, an emotional commitment
is incompatible with a factual evaluation.

>     Please excuse the quality of my  writing,  between  100
>and 200 of us have been sleeping on the library steps at the
>University of California at San Diego for four  nights  now.
>We  have stage sit-ins and teach-ins with various professors
>speaking. We have had marches and rallies with  up  to  2000
>members  of our very small student body attending. I feel it
>is a worth while movement, and I hope that  we  may  receive
>the support of the net.

No, I do not excuse the quality of your writing. The spelling and
punctuation is awful, suggesting to me that you should spend a
little more time learning elementary subjects. After all, if an
article is important then it is worth a reasonable effort to make
it correct and readable.

>     Thank you for your time. If you have any  questions  or
>comments  for  our  group  we  also  have a pay phone by our
>sleeping bags, (619)457-9179.
>
>                      Richard Stewart.
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>(general disclaimer, all opinions here are my  own,  and  if
>you want to sue me I probably don't have enough money for it
>to be worth your while)

Same disclaimer that these opinions are my own.