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From: bzs@bu-cs.UUCP (Barry Shein)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Challenger eulogies?
Message-ID: <181@bu-cs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 19-Feb-86 13:39:49 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 19 13:39:49 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 23-Feb-86 04:40:26 EST
Organization: Boston Univ Comp. Sci.
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I realize 50s nostalgia has reached new heights given a president who
was a popular film star around then, but must we continue with all this
cold war drivel on this list? Fine, you don't like the Russians, Khaddaffi,
the Nicaraguans and probably 95% of the rest of the world as far as I
can tell (the entire muslim world, most of Europe, Canada, need I go on?)

These issues are more complex than these little right-wing propaganda
statements ever recognize and are almost contentless (it doesn't take
a genius to realize that some of those people don't love america because
we mercilessly shit all over them and their countries to protect our right
to unending supplies of elbow deodorants and other things we consider
essential to our lives, you think I exaggerate? How about things like
the US sponsored population control programs in a relatively lightly
populated country like Columbia so they stop trying to take up arable
land which grows our precious coffee? Great way to get a predominately
Catholic country to love you. need I go on? ehhhh.)

Touche', done, finished I hope. I also think that this constant quoting
of Gus Hall is pathetic, the guy is about 90 years old and isn't
exactly a major figure in US or any other politics but as far as I
can tell has been the most quoted individual on this list in recent
weeks.

If you have something to say, say it, otherwise could you please stop
trying to use this list like some Orwellian brain-washing device
repeating over and over again every stupid rightist tidbit you can
find. You're probably doing your cause more harm than good. You're not
patriots, you're a bunch of drunken football fans blindly defending
the home team, and a big boor at that. Go find another soapbox.

We continue with our regularly scheduled program....

	-Barry Shein, Boston University