File spoon-archives/marxism.archive/marxism_1996/96-03-marxism/96-03-30.072, message 311


Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 23:43:23 GMT
To: marxism-AT-jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU
From: hariette-AT-easynet.co.uk (hariette spierings)
Subject: Re: Ken's Query



>I for one do not support the Shining Path unless I can be convinced that
>some of the objections raised by many either do not hold water or are not
>significant. After seeing the behavior of the SP apologists here I'm not
>inclined to believe any of them without independent corroboration. If
>they're right about people like Moyano and Azcueta being snitches, we have
>to ask ourselves if there are not legitimate reasons to consider the
>Fujimori govt as the lesser of two evils. As I said earlier, I have no
>doubt the govt does more repression now, but who knows what lunatics like
>Olaechea will do if they ever get power. Had I known the denouement, I
>would not have supported Pol Pot against Lon Nol.
>
>Rahul
>


Nor Lenin against the Tsars, since that eventually led to Stalin, would be
the logical conclussion coming from the reasoning above!


A.O.



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