Greetings Economists, On Apr 6, 2007, at 9:59 PM, Leigh Meyers wrote:
Well it's true... not only are they liable, but if the city of New York or the feds wanted to, they could claim KPFA was violating some homeland security 'anti-riot act' and call in air support...
Doyle; Berkeley not New York. It seems to me a peculiar way of addressing Flashpoints. Since when do Insurance companies dictate to the left what is said about going to events? Well your point about Homeland Security has some validity. There are a plethora of laws restricting events and activities because we are at an undeclared war. Still what strikes me here is that Sasha Lilley who used to write into Pen-L occasionally is using Insurance as a beard. The Spanish language stations across the country aroused their community to the many marches. Go they said support your community. Whereas KPFA says no don't say anything, because insurance tells us not to. Then what exactly do we do? Do people genuinely feel the Insurance companies can shut down the radio stations for this? Suppose the Insurance companies told Martin Luther King not to march to the Selma bridge because surely there would be injuries that they would be liable for. Then Martin must stop? Doyle
