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From: abh6509@ritcv.UUCP (A. Hudson)
Newsgroups: net.college,net.politics
Subject: Re: CIA and terrorism
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Date: Tue, 4-Mar-86 20:47:58 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar  4 20:47:58 1986
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Reply-To: abh6509@ritcv.UUCP (Andrew)
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
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Summary: 

In article <1500@sdcsvax.UUCP> cs195@sdcsvax.UUCP (EECS 195) writes:
>In article <2041@jhunix.UUCP> ins_akaa@jhunix.ARPA (Ken Arromdee) writes:
>  
>>If the CIA is banned from campus on the grounds that it promotes terrorism,
>>the principle would be carried out--IF you consider the actions of the CIA to 
>>be promotion of terrorism.  But not everyone considers it to be so, and 
>>so it's deceit to take a vote on the general principle and then "carry out"
>>the principle in this manner.
>
>This is very true.  
>
>Also, banning the CIA from a majority of campuses may frustrate the CIA's
>recruiting effort slightly, but I strongly doubt that it could affect
>any REAL change.  Such a ban is at best symbolic.
>
>And what about the college graduates who want to work for the CIA with the
>intent of rising to a level in the organazation where they can effectivly
>change policy.  Such is not unreasonable.
>
>So you ban the CIA, you feel real good for a while - your made things better.
>Then you start looking for something else to ban.  Soon you have and empty
>campus.
>				-- Roger Bly

Some of you guys are so narrow minded that I am truly amazed. Or are
you kidding? I can't tell which. Yes, consider the banning of the CIA a symbolic
act. A symbolic protest is not always meant to have a DIRECT affect,
often times an indirect action speaks louder and more appropriately
for the circumstances. 

I don't think that protesting the CIA and its covert imperialist
death policies will bring peace in El Salvador and Nicaragua by next
weekend. It may, however, bring attention to its questionable policies.

I don't think that banning the CIA will appreciably limit its recruiting 
and I certainly don't think it is going to scare off any other recruiters.
But eventually things will change for the better.

Andrew Hudson
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