Hans Ehrbar wrote: > The fact that the list turned out to be an instrument of murder > certainly has been a matter of great concern to the spoon collective. Yes, I can imagine that the list becoming an "instrument of murder" might now be of some concern to the Spoon Administration. However, to my knowledge, no one has been murdered *yet* as a result of goings-on on the marxism1 list. Am I mistaken? When there were death threats in the Spring, I don't recall any great concern from the former and current moderators. Indeed, some went out of their way to say how "valuable" the culprits were and how their rights to "free speech" should not be interfered with. (this can be verified by an examination of the marxism archives). Perhaps this was because some of them identified with the Maoist supporters of the Shining Path who were the ones issuing verdicts against list members and making death threats. Evidently the tradition of opposing "censorship" on the marxism1 list was deemed to be more important than possible fatalities. > But one thing Barkley did not quite say is this: due to these > incidents, Quispe/Palomino has been exposed to the world wide Left as > a police agent. Quispe is not really a supporter of the Peruvian > Communist Party, and Callero is apolitical. *Where is the evidence that Quispe is a police agent* and that he and _The New Flag_ are not really supporters of the Shining Path? Has the PCP issued a statement to that effect? Jerry
