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Re: Police Room 619
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 25 Sep 2001 20:47:10 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Brown writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Brown writes:
> > > "The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the
> > > oppressed."
> > >
> > > - Stephen Biko, 1946-1977
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> > I'm unsure of what the actual goal of this post is, though
> > I like that people are reading Biko. :D Clarification?
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> Simply that today is the anniversary of Biko's funeral (his actual death was
> the 13th of September, his admitted death somewhere between the two).
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> Biko's work, and his murder had a fairly profound effect on me, and I was
> reminded of that today when I heard of the anniversary. I'm not sure
> there's anything to debate, but it doesn't really belong in o-t.fun. If it
> does spawn any conversation, I suspect it will quickly turn into .debate
> material, so I put it here to start.
Do you have a quick link or two to proffer? Something relatively short or
predigested, or maybe you could do a para or two runthrough? There is so
MUCH to read these days, but I haven't heard exactly why he has significance
(I recall that Peter Gabriel had a song, though not exactly what it said).
Thanks
> The quote also seemed relevant to the current debate about restriction of
> freedoms in the US.
Good quote.
++Lar
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| (...) A quick summary is that Stephen Biko was a black South African under aparteid who refused to not speak out against it; this got him expelled from university for his politcal views, and turned into a fugitive by the government. He was arrested (...) (23 years ago, 25-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Simply that today is the anniversary of Biko's funeral (his actual death was the 13th of September, his admitted death somewhere between the two). Biko's work, and his murder had a fairly profound effect on me, and I was reminded of that today (...) (23 years ago, 25-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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