From: JasonLee@yabbs
To: arachnoi@yabbs
Subject: re: run for the border
Date: Sat Apr 30 14:03:54 1994

In message run for the border, arachnoi said:
> {Since when does it matter that the ppl at WACO were mainstream? Are U 
> main
> stream? Am I main stream? NO. In fact any1 can be made out to be a
> crackpot fringe group by both the gov and the media. Next, faith in the
> system? You got to be kidding. Between cops faking evidence, killing
> innocent ppl, and basically acting like mobsters, just local law
> enforcement is a little more than just dangerous. Add in the FEDs and
> their Idea that a dead suspect is a guilty suspect, not being able to
> defend ones' self, Ur in BIG trouble if they come after U. If U do
> surrender, expect to live with some guy named Bubba for the next 25 yrs.}

Actually, I am pretty mainstream (although some people would argue about
that).  What I meant is that the Wacoans were not in the public eye until
the FBI went after them.  They had no friends outside their compound.  If
your life involves working with people and organizations around the country,
and if your work (whatever it may be, writing, film, music, politics) gets
some publicity, then it complicates the FBI's attempts to "get" you.
Think about Lyndon LaRouche, though.  He's a bit crazy, but the gov't got
him on legitimate charges and pout him away without killing him.  He's even
free now.  If he hadn't had as much exposure as he already did, they
could've tossed him in jail (or killed him) forever.
He's not necessarily a wonderful person, but he is an example of how the
system is not completely corrupt.

JasonLee