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From: bzs@bu-cs.UUCP (Barry Shein)
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Subject: Re: E.g. Student Gov't Project.
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Date: Fri, 14-Feb-86 22:20:22 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 14 22:20:22 1986
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>Just because a handful of students don't like an organization doesn't mean
>they should bar that organization from campus.  Look, Gus, some people
>want to work for the CIA.  They want "exciting" work with the newest toys.
>They want to be James Bond or whatever.  Or they need the job, and don't
>have the same moral/political views as the MSA.
>
>Before I catch any flack, I would like to say that I could NEVER do 
>military work, for the government or a corporation.  I find it
>morally unacceptable.

Amazing, I find this astounding, it's morally unacceptable but 'live
and let live'. Sorry, I grew up in the '60s', list 10 other things
you find 'morally unacceptable' (rape, incest, murder), do you hold
the same views? Courage of conviction is really not an unhealthy
thing, don't worry, your opponents can take care of themselves (in
this case, boy can they ever!)

It is not irrational for someone who finds something unacceptable
to try to stop that behavior.

...oooh, nuclear bombs...I don't like them...but if they want them...
who am I to say???....

Look, you probably find it morally unacceptable because those people
kill people for questionable political gain, deal in international
drug smuggling (yes, the CIA was caught with it's hand in this pot,
look into the congressional and Department of Justice findings about
the CIA and its dealings in Cambodia with the Montagnards I believe,
they were supplying safe smuggling of heroin to keep them 'friendly')
support with violence dictatorships around the world and do not from
the top down answer directly to the voters (or barely anyone else if
you can believe some of the reports like congress trying to cut their
budget only to have the Air Force replace the missing funds etc.)
I mean, we're not talking harmless issues here. Whether true or not
those are the kinds of things people are protesting, I suspect they
are largely true and sadly being done in our name.

I know, those that don't want to believe will use the easy argument
'substantiate', forget it, go look it all up, it's been substantiated
over and over again, you're just being a blind idealogue if you think
the CIA has not been involved in some pretty morally reprehensible
things, even right wingers in Congress aren't that naive, at best they
choose to turn their heads.

There are limits to freedom (what do they say? the price of freedom
is eternal vigilance, that means sometimes you have to take a stand
and say 'that is wrong, stop that').

I for one commend the students for taking a stand, even if you disagree
with it it's a heck of a lot better than apathy and confusion.

	-Barry Shein, Boston University