--- "Suze Cameron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >We lost so much more than human life on September 11th. . .The WTC, a symbol of all >that we believe in, American capitalism, brought down like a house of cards. Is it >really too much to ask that we look out for each other in an organized, concerted >effort? Personally, I've never thought of the WTC or capitalism as representing the U.S. A global economy, perhaps (and I write that as a neutral term), but for that which sets the U.S. and we Americans apart from other citizens I turn to the U.S. Constitution, a unique document representative of great thought and ideals. The efforts by this Administration, esp. by Atty. Gen'l Ashcroft, grow continually frightening. The notion of "Who's looking out?" concerns me. This "snitch patrol" is reminescent of so many episodes in 20th Cent. Am Hist: The two Red scares, The HUAC hearings (of the "are you now or have you ever been a. . ." and are you willing to sell out a friend to save you skin); and, the Vietnam era, when a loose comment could generate a file in the local FBI office. I'm not talking about bomb throwing, or threats--well, there were the Nixon-Mitchell jokes, but I wasn't alone! (Ah-ha, a co-conspirator!). The point is, if there is to be a snitch, then I want to know th! e qualifications, and political orientation--and I'd like to see the job announcement as well. Spying on one another, prying into one's library record, food selections, favorite bumper stickers, etc. while seeming to be obvious, just aren't going to make the measure, IMHO.
Denny NP: Lou Reed, "Dirty Boulevard" (live)
