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From: rick@uwmacc.UUCP (the absurdist)
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Subject: Re: Farley Mowat
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Date: Sun, 12-May-85 14:21:47 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 12 14:21:47 1985
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Chris Lewis (utzoo!mnetor!clewis) writes
>		Farley Mowat was denied entry
>into the States to promote one of his books.  He is (last I heard on
>the news) considered to "consort with known Communists" because he
>refused to be "debriefed" by the RCMP and U.S. agencies after his six
>month visit to the USSR ...

According to the newspaper report I read, Mowat's name was on the list
because in the 60s, he stated publicly that he had used a high-powered
rifle to take potshots at American fighter planes as a form of protest
against America.  He has confirmed this statement several times.
	Famous or not, most countries are reluctant to allow lunatics
into their borders.  Assuming this newspaper report was true regarding
Mowat's statements, I wouldn't let him in either;  and if I was a
Canadian, I'd wonder why no one tried to prosecute him for attempted
murder, sabotage, etc.  
	I don't support censoring Communists because they are Communists
(let alone those who "consort" with them);  I do support keeping the
lid on people who resort to violence as a means of political self-
expression.

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