[Peace-discuss] Re: [Wefta] military recruitment on WEFT (!)

[Ricky Baldwin]

I think Doug's suggestion is a good one.  If anyone
else wants to work on it, I would try to help.

I also want to point out, however, that we had a
helluva time getting a PSA on the Palestinian Truth
Tour through the "diversity" of our "community" at
WEFT.  I am a big fan, and a supporter, of WEFT, but
there are shortcomings, as with anything.

I didn't hear the PSA in question, but I think it
deserves scrutiny to see if it really holds up under
the guidelines.

Ricky
 
--- Paul King <pmking at students.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Randall Cotton wrote:
> 
> > See my response below...
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <jpitzl at wildhunt.org>
> > To: "Randall Cotton" <recotton at earthlink.net>;
> > <wefta at lists.cu.groogroo.com>;
> <peace-discuss at lists.cu.groogroo.com>;
> > "Kranich, Kimberlie" <Kranich at WILL.uiuc.edu>;
> <programming at weftfm.org>;
> > "Sandra Ahten" <spiritofsandra at hotmail.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 5:21 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Wefta] military recruitment on WEFT
> (!)
> >
> > [some text deleted]
> >
> > > While it may upset you that a airshifter chose
> to play a military PSA, I
> > > wouldn't want to volunteer at a *community*
> station that didn't make all
> > > PSAs sent to us available to the airshifter on
> duty.
> >
> > asking if others agree, and questioning whether
> the
> > U.S. military recruitment spot in question
> qualifies as a PSA.
> 
> i also find military recruitment advertisements
> revolting, particularly
> when they are read on WEFT and especially if they
> are read on WEFT during
> Democracy Now!. it is offensive and disgusting.
> 
> however, jason's caution about allowing a diversity
> of opinions is
> extremely important. so my question is this: what
> exactly is a PSA? i find
> it impossible to believe that an "announcement"
> (read: advertisement in
> the most debased form of the word) of current
> military recruitment efforts
> is a public service.
> 
> (oh yeah, i paid for my undergraduate degree with
> the college fund and
> g.i. bill after spending four years in the army. i
> would never
> characterize my military duties and activities, nor
> the college money
> bribe i received later, as a public service.)
> 
> i think we all need to know what the definition of a
> "psa" is exactly.
> 
> ..::paul
> 
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