tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post6090956527511381556..comments2023-11-06T00:01:30.085+13:00Comments on New Zeal: Green MP Praises Visiting Marxist IconTrevor Loudonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040453691836232676noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-87637018899547760792007-07-06T15:31:00.000+12:002007-07-06T15:31:00.000+12:00angela was not a terrorist - she was a black panth...angela was not a terrorist - she was a black panther - she did what she believed - got fucked up by the CIA - did the time - cam out and is now a professor. a true success story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-63358604865112855832007-07-05T01:38:00.000+12:002007-07-05T01:38:00.000+12:00Cameron, not too long ago we had Milton Freedman s...Cameron, not too long ago we had Milton Freedman speak at our conference, yes it was via a satelite uplink, but he is by all stretches of the imagination far more prominent in the field of economics than Angela is in her chosen field.Just my opinionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614554113040355062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-22840659062614986842007-07-03T11:13:00.000+12:002007-07-03T11:13:00.000+12:00"Davis said that we should abolish imprisonment as..."Davis said that we should abolish imprisonment as the dominant form of punishment."<BR/><BR/>Hmm, I wonder if Davis also felt that way when she received the Lenin Peace Prize in Soviet controlled East Germany? How about the likes of being a "honored guest" in Communist Cuba under the dictatorship of Fidel Castro? Does Davis think that the Communist regimes she defended during the Cold War deserve the same treatment?mah29001https://www.blogger.com/profile/14534560947847502694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-23387882970064274702007-07-03T11:01:00.000+12:002007-07-03T11:01:00.000+12:00Hi Trev, sorry I've been a bit late getting back t...Hi Trev, sorry I've been a bit late getting back to you on this one. My family has been quite busy this week because one of my brothers was got married.<BR/><BR/>Davis said that we should abolish imprisonment as the dominant form of punishment. (there's an article about it here http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0706/S00408.htm )<BR/><BR/>From that I take it that some of those horrible people you mentioned above would still be imprisoned. However, those real monsters are in the minority of people actually imprisoned, so it means if Davis' ideas were put in practice a lot of prisons could be abolished (leaving a few for those who'are actually a threat to society).<BR/><BR/>Probably would need to ask her if that's what she thinks but that's what I gathered from her talk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-15680216477007724812007-07-02T15:27:00.000+12:002007-07-02T15:27:00.000+12:00"was an awesome speech - she said give them the te..."was an awesome speech - she said give them the ten dollar rope or electric chair - whatever is cheapest. she also said that a large prison population would be great for cheap labour - maybe act could follow this one up.. "<BR/><BR/>Please anonymous, would you support Davis if she happen to be on the lines of anti-abortionist radical-Neal Horsley or even a terrorist like Eric Robert Rudolph? Doubt you would do so. Guess some forms of terrorism and radicalism are just more acceptable than others.mah29001https://www.blogger.com/profile/14534560947847502694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-59786696071174945232007-07-02T11:18:00.000+12:002007-07-02T11:18:00.000+12:00was an awesome speech - she said give them the ten...was an awesome speech - she said give them the ten dollar rope or electric chair - whatever is cheapest. she also said that a large prison population would be great for cheap labour - maybe act could follow this one up..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-86662731837231245312007-06-30T03:30:00.000+12:002007-06-30T03:30:00.000+12:00Thanks for that Cameron.As a matter of interest wh...Thanks for that Cameron.<BR/><BR/>As a matter of interest what did Angela davis think we should do with the likes of serial rapists Malcolm Rewa or Joseph Thompson?<BR/><BR/>Or triple murderer Dean Bell?<BR/><BR/>What would she do with hard core repeat violent offenders?Trevor Loudonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040453691836232676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-36241709173033282692007-06-29T21:32:00.000+12:002007-06-29T21:32:00.000+12:00I attended the lecture by Professor Davis in Auckl...I attended the lecture by Professor Davis in Auckland. It was awesome. The theatre was absolutely packed and everyone was very excited.<BR/><BR/>It was one of the best talks I have ever attended. Of course I don't support her views from the 1970s on the Eastern Bloc but the ideas she expressed in her lecture really struck a chord with me. Especially her ideas on the need for prison abolition. She made the point how in our World there are numerous corporations who make their money from more and more people being imprisoned. Often these people are no threat to society (think minor drug offenders, Christian asylum seekers from Iran in Mt Eden prison etc) but those in power need an ever expanded prison population for greater profits and also to keep the population in a constant state of fear.<BR/><BR/>She expressed how we needed to create a just society that rendered prisons obsolete. I felt inspired.<BR/><BR/>I doubt ACT could ever bring a speaker pushing "free market" views that would elicit as such a excited response from either the public at large or me. If you could I'd be impressed.<BR/><BR/>PS have to thankyou Trev because your blog is where I first found out about Angela Davis' visit to Aotearoa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-23474701634640803912007-06-29T19:17:00.000+12:002007-06-29T19:17:00.000+12:00Trev, the double standards are breathtaking from t...Trev, the double standards are breathtaking from the left here. <BR/><BR/>Did you read about her "sympathy" she showed to Czech dissidents when they asked her to stand up for their people put in prisons and persecuted by the Soviet state?<BR/>Bloody hell, she makes Keith Lockes days as a radical look like a pussycat.Just my opinionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614554113040355062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-79420305688965955672007-06-29T16:28:00.000+12:002007-06-29T16:28:00.000+12:00No Trev, I doubt Nandor would be so gushy for a "w...No Trev, I doubt Nandor would be so gushy for a "wrongly imprisoned" former Nazi or a white supremacist, and let's not forget abortion bombers and abortion doctor killers either.mah29001https://www.blogger.com/profile/14534560947847502694noreply@blogger.com