From: UticaRose-AT-aol.com
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 20:03:41 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: M-I: List suspensions


In a message dated 97-03-05 12:19:50 EST, dhenwood-AT-panix.com (Doug Henwood)
writes:

<< >the same was said of the Khmer Rouge. the "Shining Path" may be praised
for
 >bullying the Peruvian government; must they also be praised for bullying
the
 >"Peruvian people."  these armed bands, uncontrolled by anyone other than a
 >band of ideologically-fickle men, are not marxist robin hoods. they are
just
 >hoods.
 
 How do you know this?
 
 Once again, as with M1, I'm impressed how many people have firm opinions
 about Peru without disclosing where their knowledge comes from. I don't
 know what's going on in Peru, and I'll bet you don't either.
  >>
I'll bet you never, ever went to Cambodia. I'm impressed how often gangs of
marxoid thugs terrorize in the name of The People or The Working Class, how
many corpses they leave in their wake and how steadfastly left wing
intellectuals wring their hands about the sources of information which, when
it comes to anyone waving a red flag, can never be good enough. At one time
in the marxist movement, there would not have been a question of providing
support to the thugs and killers like the "Shining Path". 

I didnt realize that I had to post a bibliography. But it is predictable that
ten, fifteen years from now the Shining Path will be just one more shameful
memory for leftists who have done so little for so many for so long. It is to
be expected that a marxist left which has for almost a century been dominated
by its own militarists has a knee jerk defensive reaction for war freaks.
Curiously, the very same behavior (or worse) which is castigated when seen in
capitalist democracies is ignored or justified (and which of those two is
worse ?) when leftist thugs and bullies are involved. 

 


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