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 >> >>Please respond to - Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of >>Maine >> <[log in to unmask]> >> >>Sent by: - Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine >> <[log in to unmask]> >> >> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>cc: >>Subject: Re: laureates against the war >> >> >> >>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" Robert E Kibler, PhD. English and Humanities Minot State University 701 858 3876 fax: 701 858 3894 [log in to unmask] ---------