Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dciem.UUCP Path: utzoo!dciem!mmt From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: San Juan del Sur (Re: Fair play for Nicaragua) Message-ID: <1545@dciem.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-May-85 17:13:02 EDT Article-I.D.: dciem.1545 Posted: Tue May 14 17:13:02 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 14-May-85 21:00:20 EDT References: <1810@ut-sally.UUCP> Reply-To: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) Organization: D.C.I.E.M., Toronto, Canada Lines: 24 Summary: >I'm surprised to hear Prentiss, who's usually very scrupulous in his >postings, use some of the same breezy and stock dismissals that pollute >debate about Nicaragua (unfavorable news about Nicaragua must be US >propaganda). > Ron Rizzo Not so much US propaganda, since many US citizens do try to tell the truth about Nicaragua, but Administration propaganda. Is it surprising that people might query information that comes from the US administration, when so much of it is shown to be simple lies? One's first reaction to ANYTHING that comes from this administration (and many others of both political stripes) is that here is an item that suggests something is there to be known: now find out what is the truth of the matter. They may tell the truth or they may not, but you can be sure that what they tell you will be slanted support their intentions. Of course there are unfavourable truths about Nicaragua, but they are hard to see when the US administration is presenting so many "factoids" about the place, all of them unfavourable. -- Martin Taylor {allegra,linus,ihnp4,floyd,ubc-vision}!utzoo!dciem!mmt {uw-beaver,qucis,watmath}!utcsri!dciem!mmt