Re: provocation against aut-op-sy (very important)

[Fiocco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Fiocco Laura)]

>Steve Wright wrote:
>
>> Is there any point writing a letter to *il manifesto* about these lies, or
>> should this  _Corriere_ article be treated with the silent contempt it
>> deserves? I've never encountered this sort of thing before, so I don't have
>> any ideas.
>
>It is obvious that the article was directed against the social centers and
>revolutionary left in Italy. However, it is also -- make no mistake about
>it -- an attack on *us*. It was both an attack against _this_ list and a
>precursor to attempts at political censorship and surveillance of the
>Internet.
>
>Given the context of increasing attempts to censor "pornography" on the
>Net, this seems to be a prelude to the next step. In that sense, I think
>it is appropriate for you as moderator to respond. Perhaps an "open
>letter" to _other Internet mailing lists_ is appropriate.
>
>While I'm on this topic, let's all remember that this is not a "secure"
>channel for communication -- as we are an open list -- and what you write
>_can_ conceivably be read by state agents and used against you.
>Fortunately, I don't think there is any fuel in the archives for an
>"anti-terrorist" campaign, but .... let's not underestimate the ferocity
>of our class enemies.
>
>Jerry
>
>
>
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I agree with Jerry's suggestion to consider the "provocation" for what it is:
a) personal stupidity of the writer of the artical (deductions he makes are
so illogical....): no need to give it importance (and create an "affair");
b) an indicator, as Jerry says, of an increasing attempts to censor the
Net. In that sense, I think it is appropriate for you as moderator to
respond. Perhaps an "open letter" to _other Internet mailing lists_ is
appropriate;
c) the artical in itself is not an attac against us or the list (this
list), it *shows*, together with others events, that there is an attac
going on underneath against *us* (all the communists, radicals, anarchists
and so on) which is coming on light (making of pubblic opinion). Can it
(the attac) arrive at the level of trategia della tensione (tension
strategy)? It may be, if some of "us" (?) axcept to play on their own
grownd.

Ciao Laura

PS I am sorry I did not entered into the discussion of last month, but I am
very busy.




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