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Re: your mail
Robert Johnson (johnsorl@COLORADO.EDU)
Wed, 8 Feb 1995 08:43:45 -0700
On Wed, 8 Feb 1995, Professor Robert Thornton wrote:
> Robert Johnson prescription of more bloody violence as a means of
> 'purchasing justice' for South Africa clearly shows that he is a
> couple of bricks short of a full load.
> Violence only purchases violence, and who can purchase Justice for
> any price? Violence is no solution, it is the problem, certainly in
> Africa.
> Robert Johnson's pompous and gnomic remarks to this effect lead me to
> dismiss him entirely, except I know from long experience in this
> contient, among others, how dangerous such beliefs are. I would
> suggest Mr. Johnson read the old novel _The Ugly AMerican_ for some
> perspective on his own position, and any novels by Graham Greene.
> Beyond that, there is clearly little point to debating
> fundamentalists.
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