[Peace] Fw: IMPORTANT RALLY THURSDAY!!

[David Green]

The plot thickens, especially in relation to the
Jewish officials selective outrage. But exactly what
is the reference to AH? I have a feeling their
appealing to anti-anti-Semitism.


--- Susan Davis <sgdavis at uiuc.edu> wrote:

> 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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