[free-sklyarov] mumia

alfee cube sisgeek at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 6 18:02:41 PDT 2001


wellllllll - your assumption that they would object
too proved correct.

--- Carrie Kirby <ckirby at sfchronicle.com> wrote:
> finally, a free mumia person who reads the business
> section:
> 
> --Ms. Kirby,
> 
> I believe you used bad judgement in writing "Forget
> Freeing Mumia. 'Free 
> Dmitry' is the hip, new rallying cry among Bay Area
> activists" in the lead 
> for your piece, Martyr or criminal? With those three
> words, you managed to 
> trivialize Mumia's fight for freedom from Death Row
> to a B-list celebrity 
> flavor of the month. Many believe that there were
> holes in the government's 
> case against Mumia.    The campaign to free Mumia is
> not because it is the 
> fashionably hip thing to do.  The campaign to free
> Mumia is growing because 
> progressive people know it is the RIGHT  thing to
> do.   Before you reference
> 
> Mumia Abu Jamal  again for an article, I suggest you
> educate yourself and 
> read Mumia's autobiography, Live From Death Row.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> (name deleted)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: alfee cube [mailto:sisgeek at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 5:31 PM
> To: Paul Callahan; free-sklyarov at zork.net
> Subject: RE: [free-sklyarov] mumia
> 
> 
> yes - balanced:)
> 
> but, i always just took my medicine based on mom's
> assurances it would help - to this day i don't eat 
> much raw sugar:)
> 
> --- Paul Callahan <callahanpb at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > FWIW, I think it was an effective hook and
> probably 
> > did get the attention of people who haven't been
> > reading everything they can get their hands on
> about
> > Sklyarov.  If they didn't write back, well,
> probably
> > anyone who cared enough to write back is already
> > aware of the story.
> > 
> > That has to be a first, though: mentioning Mumia
> to
> > make something palatable to a mainstream audience.
> > 
> > --Paul
> > 
> > --- Carrie Kirby <ckirby at sfchronicle.com> wrote:
> > > i'm sure the free mumia people would hate it
> too,
> > if
> > > any of them read the
> > > business section. but my goal is to introduce
> the
> > > situation to our
> > > (mainstream) readers while making it palatable
> > > enough that they'll look at
> > > it. take my poor attempt at a joke as a spoonful
> > of
> > > sugar to make the
> > > medicine go down. although i can't say for sure
> > that
> > > it worked -- i haven't
> > > received any email today from "average readers"
> > who
> > > just heard about dmitry
> > > from my article. only from people who are
> already
> > > involved in the issue.
> > > 
> > > carrie
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Paul Callahan
> [mailto:callahanpb at yahoo.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 4:30 PM
> > > To: free-sklyarov at zork.net
> > > Subject: RE: [free-sklyarov] Dima's bail hearing
> > > 
> > > 
> > > People also post signs saying "Free kittens."
> > > So you'll have to do a little better than that.
> > > 
> > > Please don't take this as criticism of the
> > article,
> > > which seemed very balanced and reasonable to me.
> 
> > > It's
> > > just a criticism of your glib retort. :)
> > > 
> > > I can also understand why some people here might
> > > view
> > > it as counterproductive to throw Mumia into the
> > mix.
> > > 
> > > --Paul
> > > 
> > > --- Carrie Kirby <ckirby at sfchronicle.com> wrote:
> > > > uh, people are always going around telling
> > people
> > > to
> > > > free mumia?
> > > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: alfee cube [mailto:sisgeek at yahoo.com]
> > > > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 4:00 PM
> > > > To: Carrie Kirby; free-sklyarov at zork.net
> > > > Subject: RE: [free-sklyarov] Dima's bail
> hearing
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > hey carrie,
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > what does mumia have to do with dmitry?
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > --- Carrie Kirby <ckirby at sfchronicle.com>
> wrote:
> > > > > does anyone know if Dmitry is staying with
> the
> > > guy
> > > > > in whose custody he was
> > > > > released to? how about that guy's contact
> > info?
> > > > i'd
> > > > > like to call him if just
> > > > > to confirm the spelling of his name.
> > > > > 
> > > > > carrie
> > > > > 
> > > > >
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