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From: rich@sdcc13.UUCP (rich)
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Subject: Re: The students of the country care about the world (South Africa)
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Date: Sat, 4-May-85 14:17:45 EDT
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In article <574@vax2.fluke.UUCP> bakken@fluke.UUCP (Greg Bakken) writes:
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>I would like Mr. Stewart and others protesters to ask themselves the following
>question:  Do you protest against a variety of governments, both Communist and
>non-Communist, or mainly against the one or two that happen to be "popular"
>at the time (and are, curiously, almost never Communist governments)?
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>					Greg Bakken 
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>"Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of management... etc. ad naseum."


  I can only speak for myself, so here it goes,
      
      I protest for a free world, free of hunger, free of disease,
      free of mans' general inhumanity to man. I take part in this
      protest here (University of California San Diego) as it is a
      peaceful one. It has the chance to do more good than harm.
      I do realize some do not agree with that last statement. 

      OK, here is the part that i am sure i will be badly flamed
      on..

      I protest no government simply on it's name, Communist or
      other. A governments actions is not define by the title it
      chooses to call itself. I do know that it is supposed to work
      that way in the history books, but i do not see it as such.
      Each government must be taken on its own merits. 
      
      I do ask myself every so often if I am a part of this
      because it is a stylish belief. I hope conviction against
      inhumanity are never just a matter of style.

      Thank you for being interested enough to reply.

      -rich stewart