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From: mmm@weitek.UUCP (Mark Thorson)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re:  Emily Harris
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Date: Sun, 5-Jan-86 22:20:36 EST
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Well, sorry if a bunch of you got bent out of shape
at my using the term "folk hero" in the same sentence
as the name Emily Harris.  But Robin Hood, Ethan Allen, 
Malcom X and Augusto Sandino had bad PR in their day
too.  Not that I contend the SLA will ever be looked
upon in the same light -- they'll probably appear most
similar to someone like John Brown of Harper's Ferry
fame.  Like Ken says, it depends on who's folks.

I'll concede my critics were largely on track.  The
only serious objection I have is to the gal who
recommended reading the pseudo-biography of Patty
Hearst.  I read that book.  Total propaganda.
It could have been written by the FBI.  Don't
believe everything you read.

Speaking of which, remember last year (or was it the
year before) when a US helicopter was following a road
on the Salvador side of the Nicaragua-El Salvador border?
The wind blew it into Nicaraguan airspace where it took
some gunfire.  It was forced to land just within El S.
The gunfire continued, and an american "adviser" was
fatally wounded.

What gripes the hell out of me is the lies told during
the aftermath of that incident.  Nicaragua said the
chopper didn't have any markings.  The Pentagon said
it was "splattered with mud".  I saw the video on the
news as another chopper came to carry it away.  It wasn't
like it was painted.

I guess I was pretty naive.  I was outraged (and still am)
that the U.S. government would tell a lie, any lie.  But
to tell a lie over such a small matter!  They'd tell a lie
as easily as they'd tell the truth.  Easier.  Arrgh!

Someone recently posted an article saying I advocated
sending weapons to the contras.  Nope, I just passed on
a piece of information I had in response to Arlen's flame
about communists on the net.  That incident with the chopper
finished off any support I would have for "our side".

Mark Thorson  (...!cae780!weitek!mmm)