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Liberal virus wrote: "To this, I would only add: 'Why would anyone pin this accident on the Maoists without adequate/any evidence? Why such haste in condemning them? Doesn't the presumption of innocence apply to the Maoists?'" ¡Con Gran Acuerdo, Compañero! Exactly why would Marxists be so quick to condemn even the most miscreant of misguided revolutionists, especially if they have not even admitted to any terrorist acts? To be sure, ultraleftists make the job of steering a revolutionary path more difficult, but it is our job to explain and to educate, especially when it is hardest to do so. We have no business conceding any "rational ant-terrorist" high ground to the capitalist class and its media and we certainly have no business accepting their garbled and notoriously inaccurate "accounts." Finally, let's assume (for a tiny, teeny, millisecond) that Maoists did conduct a terrorist act. What should be the revolutionists' response? To side with the capitalist media in so many words saying "yeah, those are bad Marxists, us good Marxists would be more responsible?" Our only response is to condemn the Indian bourgeoisie for the intolerable conditions of working class and caste oppression. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
