http://www.anorak.co.uk/220952/politicians/barack-obamas-bill-ayers-dedicated-book-to-robert-f-kennedys-killer-sirhan-sirhan.html Tabloid news for broadsheet readers Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:25:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.anorak.co.uk/220952/politicians/barack-obamas-bill-ayers-dedicated-book-to-robert-f-kennedys-killer-sirhan-sirhan.html/comment-page-1#comment-418767 ami Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:37:03 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/?p=220952#comment-418767 "Prairie Fire" was a collaborative work, complied by a large number of contributors, and was in fact signed by every member of the Weather Men. It served as the primary position papers for the movement. It is silly to call Bill Ayers the author of that particular dedication, particularly given the number of dedications there are in the thing. There are many legitimate reasons to consider Bill Ayers' involvement in the Weather Men unfortunate, attaching his signature to a childishly belligerent document such as "Prairie Fire" being one of the least significant. Why tell half-truths when there's so much real violence to object to? It seems it must be a pitiful attempt to make newsworthy, by distorting the facts and exploiting the death of Ted Kennedy, something no one cared enough about to satisfy you the first time. “Prairie Fire” was a collaborative work, complied by a large number of contributors, and was in fact signed by every member of the Weather Men. It served as the primary position papers for the movement. It is silly to call Bill Ayers the author of that particular dedication, particularly given the number of dedications there are in the thing. There are many legitimate reasons to consider Bill Ayers’ involvement in the Weather Men unfortunate, attaching his signature to a childishly belligerent document such as “Prairie Fire” being one of the least significant. Why tell half-truths when there’s so much real violence to object to? It seems it must be a pitiful attempt to make newsworthy, by distorting the facts and exploiting the death of Ted Kennedy, something no one cared enough about to satisfy you the first time.

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