Re: Fw: NY plane crashes

This is a reply to Spector's first posting. I do smell fascism here, but is is 
NOT capitalist. 

>>> Alan Spector <spectors@netnitco.net> 09/11/01 08:18 AM >>>
My earlier message was not thought through carefully, and I understand how it 
could have been misinterpreted.


Obviously this is a terrible, terrible tragedy. The people who committed it 
have NOTHING to do with any kind of social justice causes. The human tragedy, 
the thousands of destroyed families is too much to grasp. I understand that. 

I also heard news reporters continually try to goad government officials into 
placing the blame on someone prematurely. I sincerely hope that I did not 
convey a callous attitude towards this bombing; people who know me know that. 
My sister has had an office in that building, for chrissake, but she wasn't 
there today. But immediate family members notwithstanding, it is obvious that 
thousands of innocent people have had their lives shattered by this.

I am also concerned about how lynch mob hysteria can build after a terrible 
tragedy like this. I hope other people are also concerned about that.

Respectfully,

Alan Spector

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ben Austin 
  To: Alan Spector 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 11:45 AM
  Subject: Re: NY plane crashes


  What kind of full of crap ideological fanatic turns this tragedy into a petty 
attack on an economic system?  Regardless of one's philosophical views, 
anti-terrorism seems to be in order.

  Ben Austin
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Alan Spector 
    To: PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK 
    Cc: WORLD SYSTEMS NETWORK 
    Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 6:36 AM
    Subject: NY plane crashes


    Well, I don't know who or what caused the plane crashes into the World 
Trade Center. But the casualties will include more than the immediate victims. 
We can expect to hear the rhetoric of "anti-terrorism" reach a new pitch, and 
with a government that labels peaceful protestors as terrorists, we can expect 
to see pressure for more laws suppressing dissent.

    Does anyone else smell the "F" word gradually, in steps and stages, moving 
towards center stage?



    (That's "F" for fascism, not the other F word.)


    Alan Spector