LynneSin
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Tue Nov-30-04 11:32 PM
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He would have been 68 today: Abbie Hoffman |
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Born on Nov. 30th, 1936 a great activist during the 60 & 70s.
Happy Birthday, wish you were here to help us out today!
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HCeline69
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Tue Nov-30-04 11:42 PM
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I will never forget seeing Hoffman approximately twenty years ago at U of F for the "Hoffman-Rubin debates". The moderator asked them what they thought their places were in society. Rubin said something unmemorable but Hoffman....ah! (I am paraphrasing) "Society is like a bowl of chicken soup. If you leave it on the table too long it gets cold, the fat rises to the top, and a skin forms. It's no good for anyone unless someone comes along with a spoon to stir the soup, break up the fat, and keep it hot. That's me: I'm the guy with the spoon who stirs things up." I long ago realized that this is one of the moments in my life I will carry with me to the grave, and occasionally, live up to.
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Tue Nov-30-04 11:54 PM
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2. I also saw him in a debate w/ Jerry Rubin when I was in college |
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(shortly before his death).
What really happened to him, was there ever any consensus? I am one of those people who never believes the "official story" when it comes to mysterious deaths of those on the left.
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Wed Dec-01-04 12:08 AM
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3. I went to elementary school with his kids |
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Amy and Andrew in the 1960s at a free school in Cambridge Massachusetts. I saw his ex wife Sheila a couple of months ago when I was visiting my Mom.
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