Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 00:08:16 +0000
From: James Heartfield <James-AT-heartfield.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: M-TH: Rev Jones


In message <l03102818b141c96b9dbd-AT-[166.84.250.86]>, Doug Henwood
<dhenwood-AT-panix.com> writes
>James Heartfield wrote:
>
>>Well, actually Doug Henwood introduced me to Ron Arnold, Ron wrote an
>>article for LM about the unabomber. Is it exceptional to disapprove of
>>the unabomber?
>
>It is in such an irresponsible fashion. It's a classic bit of publicist's
>reasoning - find the most objectionable proponent of a particular point of
>view, and then tar everyone else with that bad reputation. In this case,
>the mission is to make all environmentalists look like bomb-mailing
>sociopaths. It's Ron's whole M.O. in fact. The mainstream environmental
>organizations are elitist, misanthropic, and Malthusian (all undeniable
>facts) therefore all environmentalists are elitists, misanthropes, and
>Malthusians. That's good PR, but lousy journalism.

This article has been bugging you for a while, but I don't see the
slippage you see.

But why believe me, judge for yourself

http://www.informinc.co.uk/LM/LM108/LM108/LM108_Unabomber.html

In my experience the mainstream environmentalist organisations are the
more measured, its the marginal ones who are really barking - like Earth
First! for example.
-- 
James Heartfield


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