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From: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: American Hostages
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Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 09:49:36 EDT
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In article <710@cvl.UUCP> arig@cvl.UUCP (Ari Gross) writes:

[Andy Berman]
>> For those who haven't heard, today's news reports indicate that
>> the Nicaraguan contras have kidnapped and are holding hostage 29 American
>> religious workers ...
[Ari Gross]
>      Glad to know the Sandinista thugs were democratically elected.
>But then , haven't you heard, so was Michael Gorbachev -- or have
>you cancelled your subscription to Pravda ???

And I thought we buried Joe McCarthy years ago. I deeply resent, Mr.
Gross, the way you and your 'buddies' on the right automatically
condemn anyone to the left of Bill Buckley as a Bad American with ties
to the Soviet Block. I, too, am a taxpayer and a voter in this country
and intend to fight the attempts of a vocal minority to force an
ultraconservative agenda on this country with my votes and political
contributions.

I find the left's breast-beating over people who deliberately placed
themselves in a situation where they KNEW they would probably be
kidnapped or worse by the Contras as naive as their bemoaning the
murders of the Communist Workers Party members in Greensboro by the
Klan a few years back (sane people do NOT hold a 'Death to the Klan'
rally in Klan country!). This is no cause for your suggesting that
someone you disagree with might be a Communist, however. I find your 
smug condemnation of anyone who disagrees with your politics revolting, 
Mr. Gross. You and your kind are no better Americans than those of 
us with more liberal aspirations.

                             -- Bill Ingogly