[Peace] Fw: IMPORTANT RALLY THURSDAY!!

[Susan Davis]

I wonder if any one else saw O&B Observer ads featuring pictures of and 
quotes from (supposedly from) Adolph Hitler.  I did in my building, but 
couldn't quite beleive it and didn't want to tamper with their paper box..

If any one can collect such a piece of advertising "art" it might be 
useful.   I do think it gives us a sense of the intellectual calibre (!) of 
Leo and his pals.  But what is the calibre of a University administration 
that lets this, from an RSO, pass uncommented upon?


SD

At 03:27 AM 4/12/2005, Randall Cotton wrote:
>I'm forwarding this on from Meghan Sullivan (who forwarded it from someone
>else). Meghan is a student at UIUC (AWARE recently sponsored an event
>involving Rainforest Action Network that was brought to our attention by
>Meghan.).
>
>The announcement below, which may be of interest to some on this list, is of
>an upcoming counter-demonstration in opposition to an "Orange and Blue
>Observer" event raffling off 3 semi-automatic handguns to promote repeal of
>gun control laws (and raise funds for their "Observer" publication). "Orange
>and Blue Observer" is a registered student organization at UIUC.
>
>The announcement below is being circulated among many student activists at
>UIUC.
>
>There is a recent article in the Daily Illini covering the recent raffle of
>an AK-47 by this same "Orange and Blue Observer" organization:
>
>http://www.dailyillini.com/news/2005/04/01/News/Ak47-Assault.Rifle.Raffled.At.Rally-909876.shtml
>
>The apparent leader of this "Orange and Blue Observer", Leo Buchignani, was
>also identified in another Daily Illini article as a *pro-sweatshop*
>demonstrator at an event last November:
>
>http://www.dailyillini.com/news/2004/11/10/News/Students.Don.Sweatshop.Attire.For.Show-799215.shtml
>
>And wrote a letter-to-the-editor regarding that:
>
>http://www.dailyillini.com/news/2004/11/16/Opinions/Letter.ProSweatshop.Stance-806136.shtml
>
>This Leo Buchignani must be a real piece of work 8-)
>
>R
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <masulliv at uiuc.edu>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 1:38 AM
>Subject: Fwd: IMPORTANT RALLY THURSDAY!!
>
>From: <cbbrowni at uiuc.edu>
>Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 10:42 PM
>Subject: IMPORTANT RALLY THURSDAY!!
>
>Hello,
>
>Quoting the president of the RSO the Orange and Blue
>observer, "If more women carried firearms, there would be
>fewer cases of rape"
>
>I realize that many of you don't know me and I appreciate
>you taking time out of your day to read this message. On
>Thursday, April 14, the Orange and Blue Observer will be
>raffling off 3 semi-automatic handguns to display their
>constitutional right to bear arms as well as their
>contention with the Illinois laws prohibiting citizens from
>carrying concealed weapons.
>
>Shocking though it may seem, their actions are completely
>legal, and the only recourse we as students have is to
>protest their actions, awknowledging them to be extreme
>distortions of the concepts of safety and self-defense. Two
>weeks ago, when the OBO raffled off an AK-47, we were able
>to rally together 15 students within 2 hours to protest.
>Please help us increase our numbers and help us to protest
>the presence of guns on our campus. We will meet outside of
>the union, quad side, at 12 noon on Thursday. Look for the
>vibrant posters and a woman wearing bright pink. Please
>notify as many people as you can- we need as many people as
>possible! Also, please bring any posters or poster board you
>may have so that we are easily identifiable as a group.
>Please feel free to bring anything else you feel would
>contribute.
>
>Quoting both the Daily Illini and the Orange and Blue
>Observer, here's the other side of the story:
>
>"If more women carried firearms, there would be fewer cases
>of rape"
>'"God made man and woman," Observer Editor Leo Buchignani
>said.  "Smith and Wesson made them equal.  For the first
>time in history, handguns neutralize the male strength
>advantage over women.  I don't understand why all feminists
>don't arm themselves."
>The Observer held the "Defense of the 2nd Amendment"  to
>protest Illinois' gun laws, some of the strictest in the
>nation. These laws cause hundreds of preventable rapes,
>murders and robberies. Gun laws hurt vulnerable groups like
>inner city communities, minorities and women the most
>because they are most in danger from predators. The Observer
>feels gun law is a moral issue and protests the immoral
>Illinois gun law regime."
>
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