These issues relate to ideas expressed in the Cantos. Do not tell me to
shut up. At the very least, do not single me out for such censure when I am
replying to a half dozen or so similar messages which appeared prior my own.
Tim Romano


At 02:18 PM 2/12/03, Michael Schmedlen wrote:
>SHUT UP.
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>Keep this list dedicated to Ezra Pound and his work, not as a politcal
>soapbox.
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>Tim Romano <[log in to unmask]>@LISTS.MAINE.EDU> on 02/12/2003 02:15:15 PM
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>Subject:    Re: laureates against the war
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>In the Middle East this past century has seen
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>... exploitation of the peoples of Middle East first by Britain and then by
>the US mainly for their oil reserves
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>...establishment of puppets favorable to the superpowers
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>...suppression by the superpowers of rebellions
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>...support by the superpowers for oppressive regimes favorably disposed to
>the west
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>...sacrifice of the peoples of the Middle East as pawns in the Cold War
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>We've had more than 50 years in which to liberate the Middle East. Why
>should anyone in the Middle East or anywhere else believe that the US
>intends to liberate anyone, given its less than democratic history there?
>The treatment of the peoples of the Middle East by the superpowers has
>produced the very terrorists who hate us fanatically and fearlessly.
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>How do we extricate ourselves from this vicious circle? Meaningful steps to
>resolve the Palestinian crisis might *begin* to right things.
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>Tim Romano
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>At 12:39 PM 2/12/03, Brennen Lukas wrote:
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> >I submit: The United States did not go looking for war. The war came
>looking
> >for us and the enemy found us vulnerable.
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> >Brennen Lukas
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