Re: Taking a public stand
Kevin Gowen wrote:
> http://tinyurl.com/enjd
>
> "On the 50th anniversary of the execution [of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg]
> Thursday, Seeger, Susan Sarandon, Harry Belafonte and other show business
> activists will appear at a benefit for the Rosenberg Fund for Children,
> which assists children of people imprisoned, attacked or fired for taking a
> public stand."
>
> Glad they cleared that up. All this time, I had thought that the Rosenbergs
> had committed treason by spying for the Soviet Union. Now I know that they
> were simply taking a public stand.
Well, Julius certainly did. The evidence against Ethel is murky, but
she almost certainly knew what her husband was doing. I.e., an
accomplice. But I have a problem calling him a spy because Julius was
just a cut-out, not a real spy. The people who really did the spying,
like Fuchs, got off with life sentences or escaped the country.
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