Let me clarify. I'm not as upset with Withers as I am with Hoover. I'm an American citizen and taxpayer and they still have a large building in DC named after that @#...@#. As long as he is honored in that fashion he's fair game. Not that I feel strongly about this . . .
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Steven Desjardins <drd1...@gmail.com> wrote: > There's no rule that says if you make it to the grave you're home > free. Other folks should check the validity of the story, of course. > But if it's essentially true it should be told. If this man wanted to > tell his side of the story then he shouldn't have gone to the grave in > silence. These stories all serve as lessons, important lessons, to > all who want to idealize the world. This is precisely why we should > and do limit the power of those in government. > > On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Daniel J. Matyola > <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: >> "Burning human rights and civil liberties on the altar of national security >> is >> certainly not what the founding fathers had in mind." >> >> That is hardly an accurate description of what happened in this case. >> >> Dan >> >> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:16 AM, eckinator <eckina...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> 2010/9/15 Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com>: >>>> I agree. I don't understand why the newspaper insisted on >>>> investigating and reporting on this either. He was a good >>>> photographer, and took some great images of the civil rights movement. >>>> I am confident nothing he told the FBI harmed Martin Luther King or >>>> the movement. Why drag it up now? >>> >>> I think this is why: >>> >>> "It speaks to the problem of secrecy. The government is able to do >>> things in the shadows that are really questionable. That goes to the >>> heart of our (democratic) society.'' (Theoharis quote from the >>> original article as linked by John Sessoms) >>> >>> To me this is not about Whithers but about government. Burning human >>> rights and civil liberties on the altar of national security is >>> certainly not what the founding fathers had in mind. Saddening in that >>> context that the ultra right of all political groups should call >>> itself the tea party movement when in fact their last president was >>> all about internal oppression. >>> >>> *asbestos suit on* >>> >>> Cheers >>> Ecke >>> >>> ----------------------------------------- >>> Cameras don’t shoot people. >>> Photographers shoot people. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > Steve Desjardins > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
