> Tell me Sam how familiar are up with Alinsky's political beliefs? They are > closer to the Republicans than the democrats. After all the Catholic > diocese of Chicago had him on retainer to combat the communist influence on > the Chicago unions. > > So why not try another lie. That dog don't hunt no more. > > Doing some research, I found this quote: >From an interview in Playboy magazine in 1972 an example of Alinskys brashness:
ALINSKY: Well, the first thing I did, the first thing I always do, is to move into the community as an observer, to talk with people and listen and learn their grievances and their attitudes. Then I look around at what Ive got to work with, what levers I can use to pry closed doors open, what institutions or organizations already exist that can be useful. In the case of Back of the Yards, the area was 95 percent Roman Catholic, and I recognized that if I could win the support of the Church, wed be off and running. Conversely, without the Church, or at least some elements of it, it was unlikely that wed be able to make much of a dent in the community. http://www.alwayscatholic.com/?page_id=932 Looks to me like Alinsky was using the Catholic Church and not the other way around. An interesting read is http://laycatholics.org/tag/saul-alinsky/ which cites Alinsky rules and organizations that may use them and steps to close them. In short, like many other actions of the Catholic Church in the past, saying, "they agreed to x so you should too," is something of a fallacy. Actually I think it's either page 18 (Appeal to Irrelevant Authority), page 36 (Guilt by Association), page 40 (Appeal to Hypocrisy) but I'm tired after reading Foxpro code all afternoon so I'll let you dec ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:367342 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
