[free-sklyarov] mumia

[Paul Callahan]

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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