[AAACE-NLA]censorship --This Is Us

[David Collings]

Catherine and others:

Please feel at ease to comment on Bush administration policy or other
sensitive topics on this list.  AAACE-NLA is sponsored by an agency
which is not part of the government.  There are no filters here.  And no
one has threatened to close us down.  We ask only that you not speak too
scathingly about a particular person.  Please comment on policy, not
people.  Otherwise, you are free to say what you will.

David

David Collings
AAACE-NLA Moderator
Technology Coordinator,
Delaware Adult and Community Education 
Chair, Adult Literacy and Technology Network 
david at collings.com

-----Original Message-----
From: aaace-nla-admin at lists.literacytent.org
[mailto:aaace-nla-admin at lists.literacytent.org] On Behalf Of Catherine
B. King
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 1:38 PM
To: aaace-nla at lists.literacytent.org
Subject: Re: [AAACE-NLA]censorship --This Is Us


Colleagues:

In his public report yesterday, William Schultz, the president 
of Amnesty International, described the B. administration's "nothing
less than petulant attitude" towards those countries 
who did not support recent incursions (aka . . . ).  Apparently the
United States has withdrawn, or failed to support par usual, current
peace and human rights efforts by these 
specified countries through U.N. sanctioned organizations.  
Schultz particularly mentions Africa where tribal conflict has 
produced unspeakable horrors and where these countries, regardless of
their support of our incursive efforts, are 
involved with efforts we all supposedly and wholeheartedly endorse.  Yet
the B. administration apparently plays the 
game of payback while people's lives are at stake.

In an e-mail here, KMCook says "This is happening in many 
venues."  "This" is related and is a kind of activity that we 
have already witnessed here on this list, including blackmail where we
either shut up or the list will close.  

If not arrogant and an arbitrary swinging around of power, coupled with
other predictable bully tactics and a complete break with long-standing
principles both here and abroad, it certainly looks, feels, tastes and
sounds like it.  And on 
the international stage,  I am afraid that "This" is "us."  

Catherine King 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <kmccook at tampabay.rr.com>
To: <aaace-nla at lists.literacytent.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 8:00 AM
Subject: Re: [AAACE-NLA]censorship


> These days one is perceived to be practicing 'advocacy' if
> any criticism of current governmental policies is voiced. This 
> is happening in many venues.
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