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- From: black@che.serum.kodak.com (Robert Black (x37236))
- Subject: Re: Posting fan mail fragments
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.220229.16340@clpd.kodak.com>
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- References: <1992Nov11.160606.18495@refrig.dixie.com> <1992Nov12.215949.28609@clpd.kodak.com> <1992Nov13.152017.23464@refrig.dixie.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 22:02:29 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov13.152017.23464@refrig.dixie.com> todd@refrig.dixie.com (Todd H.) writes:
- >black@che.serum.kodak.com (Robert Black (x37236)) writes:
- >
- >>Please be specific here. What sort of operation? Do you have or have
- >>you seen evidence to show that FOA intentionally planned and funded a
- >>bombing.
- >
- >The FOA magazine stated that they had given Fran Trutt money, supposedly to
- >protest in some way US Surgical. They made a big deal out of the fact that
- >they didn't know precisely what she was up to, I guess so that thier faithful
- >will forgive them because they were stupid enough not to ask.
- >
- >>Who was funding Mead and Sapone?
- >
- >That makes NO difference. Fran Trutt had the choice to not plant a bomb -
- >if she was the 'defined' animal rights activist that Rosemary had described,
- >then she *WOULD* have chosen not to attempt murder, no matter how many
- >people were pushing her into it. Let me ask you this - if 100 people came
- >to you tomorrow, and each one asked you to plant a bomb, would you? Next,
- >if you DID choose to plant the bomb, what difference would it make who asked
- >you to do it - isn't it your choice?
-
- I agree that the mitigating circumstances do not excuse Trutt's action.
- But there is much more, as you know, to this case than you seem anxious
- to admit. There are a few "details" which point toward a setup and
- entrapment orchestrated by the US Surgical president himself, acting
- through people like Sapone (who, it was alleged, repeatedly supported
- and urged the bomb attempt) and Mead (who, in violation of his parole,
- allegedly drove Trutt and the bomb across a state boundary). There's
- evidence that both these people were on the US Surgical payroll at the
- time.
-
- >>So are you saying that their newsletter will tell me that they planned
- >>and funded a bombing?
- >
- >Thier newsletter shows that they funded Fran Trutt, not knowing what she
- >intended. This is at the very least irresponsible behavior, criminally so
- >in my view.
-
- Not if they were unaware of her precise activities. If they fund her,
- they no doubt retrospectively wish they had monitored her more closely.
- I'm still looking for a statement and evidence from you that FOA
- knowingly funded a bomb attempt and for authorization from you to send
- your accusation to FOA for confirmation or rebuttal. That seems only
- fair when a serious accusation like this is publicly made.
-
- >>>Oh, it's no secret, and I never represented it as such. As a matter of fact,
- >>>the source I quote is indeed the same you do - Animals Agenda. I asked
- >>>simply how a group that bills itself as one of the tops in the fight AGAINST
- >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >>>vivisection and other 'cruelties' can get away with such actions and stay
- >>>in the AR fold. I guess just by calling themselves AR, huh?
- >> ^^^^^^^
- >
- >>Many people and groups "bill" themselves in a certain way. So what?
- >
- >The animal rights 'movement' is self-defined. So far, I've seen no indication,
- >other than Rosemary here, that they've got any intentions of policing the bad
- >apples out of thier midst.
-
- Huh? What do you suppose Animals' Agenda was doing by printing the
- series of articles exposing the NAVS financing controversy?
-
- >NAVS calls themselves AR, so they become part of
- >the definition of it. I call myself a hunter, I become part of the definition
- >of hunter.
-
- I call myself infallible, so I become infallible? :-)
-
- Actually I do agree with you that it's valid to consider NAVS part of
- the AR movement. But I also see the public exposure of their activities
- as an attempt to police the movement ... just like you're calling on
- them to do. Instead of making derogatory comments about AR leaders'
- lies, it seems like you would be expressing satisfaction at the attempts
- to self-police.
-
- >>If an AR magazine hadn't exposed this information, would you even
- >>know about?
- >
- >Oh, yes. I'd read about it in several other places before I saw it in the
- >Animals Agenda, I just thought that was the most amusing place to quote it
- >from.
-
- Where else did you read about it?
-
- >
- >>And what, pray tell, is the "AR fold?"
- >
- >y'all.
-
- Who all?
-
- >
- >--
- >Todd++;
-
- ---
- Robert Black
- black@serum.kodak.com - The ONLY email address that MIGHT work.
- These views are not necessarily the views of my employers.
-