Yes, please, let's not censor.

> 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.
>>
>>Keep this list dedicated to Ezra Pound and his work, not as a politcal
>>soapbox.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Tim Romano <[log in to unmask]>@LISTS.MAINE.EDU> on 02/12/2003 02:15:15
>>PM
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>>Please respond to - Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of
>>Maine
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>>Sent by:    - Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine
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>>To:    [log in to unmask]
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>>Subject:    Re: laureates against the war
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>>In the Middle East this past century has seen
>>
>>... exploitation of the peoples of Middle East first by Britain and
>>then by the US mainly for their oil reserves
>>
>>...establishment of puppets favorable to the superpowers
>>
>>...suppression by the superpowers of rebellions
>>
>>...support by the superpowers for oppressive regimes favorably disposed
>>to the west
>>
>>...sacrifice of the peoples of the Middle East as pawns in the Cold War
>>
>>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.
>>
>>How do we extricate ourselves from this vicious circle? Meaningful
>>steps to resolve the Palestinian crisis might *begin* to right things.
>>
>>Tim Romano
>>
>>At 12:39 PM 2/12/03, Brennen Lukas wrote:
>>
>>
>> >I submit: The United States did not go looking for war. The war came
>>looking
>> >for us and the enemy found us vulnerable.
>> >
>> >Brennen Lukas
>>  >http://members.cox.net/blukas/frames_index.html


      How can one live freely and without law?
      To this enigma man must find an answer,
      on pain of death.
       Albert Camus, from "Metaphysical Rebellion"

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