NP? "We won't deny our consciences"

[Michael Kenny]

--- "Weeks, KD" <KD.Weeks at Eclipsys.com> wrote:
> I am re-reading GR for the maybe the 10th time over the
> past 30 years,
> precisely *because* of the events of the past 9 months.
> 
> Our government IS connecting the dots.

What are these dots?

> And as Pirate
> Prentice enjoined
> Roger who had come to realize what had really happened to
> Jessica, "One
> needs a We-system to counteract the They-system."

Who are in the "They" system and what are they trying to
do?

> And you also know that once the technical means of
> control are established,
> then the chances for freedom are over for good.

What technical means need to be established specifically?

--Mike

> The book's out in the car, or I'd quote verbatim.
> 
> Thanks for the link.  A lot of people I respect on that
> list.
> 
> ..kd
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org
> [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org]On
> Behalf Of Doug Millison
> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 11:30 AM
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: NP? "We won't deny our consciences"
> 
> 
> We won't deny our consciences
> 
> Prominent Americans have issued this statement on the war
> on terror
> 
> Friday June 14, 2002
> The Guardian
> 
> Let it not be said that people in the United States did
> nothing when their
> government declared a war without limit and instituted
> stark new measures
> of repression. The signers of this statement call on the
> people of the US
> to resist the policies and overall political direction
> that have emerged
> since September 11 and which pose grave dangers to the
> people of the world.
> [...]  President Bush has declared: "You're either with
> us or against us."
> Here is our answer: We refuse to allow you to speak for
> all the American
> people. We will not give up our right to question. We
> will not hand over
> our consciences in return for a hollow promise of safety.
> We say not in our
> name. We refuse to be party to these wars and we
> repudiate any inference
> that they are being waged in our name or for our welfare.
> We extend a hand
> to those around the world suffering from these policies;
> we will show our
> solidarity in word and deed. [...]
> 
> continues at
> 
>
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,737060,00.html
> 
> Contact the Not In Our Name statement
> nionstatement at hotmail.com


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