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>>>>>>>>>>>>> THE IEEE REWARDS A STALINISTA STOOGE <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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Russel C. Drew,
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President, IEEE
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345 E.47th Street
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New York, NY 10017
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20 July 1988
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Dear Mr. Drew:
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As a Fellow of the IEEE, I would like to congratulate you on your
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August column "The Doomsdayers Are Winning," though I think the IEEE
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in general, and SPECTRUM editor Christiansen in particular, deserve
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much blame for leaving the moral high ground to the politically moti-
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vated charlatans by failing to point out the superior safety, health-
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fulness and environmental blessings of nuclear power in comparison
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with our present sources of electric power.
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At the same time I wish to record my deep revulsion and disgust
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over the IEEE Award for Outstanding Service in the Public Interest to
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an armed supporter of the Nicaraguan totalitarians who was killed by
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an unknown marksman, but presumably a guerrilla fighting against the
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denial of freedom and human rights by the Sandinista oppressors.
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The article in the August INSTITUTE report failed to point out
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that Benjamin Linder was, at the time of his death, in the company of
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armed Sandinista militiamen, and was himself armed with an AK-47 gun.
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In mentioning the suit brought by his family, it failed to point out
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that the family, as was Linder himself, are active members of the
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extreme radical left (both parents active in Soviet-subservient pro-
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Sandinista organizations, their children members of the Socialist
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Workers Party, the largest of the US Communist parties of the
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Trotskyite persuasion).
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The circumstances of Linder's death are known from Nicaraguan
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villagers and have been confirmed by the US government, but the IEEE
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apparently prefers to believe a group with the revealing name IEEE
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Society on Social Implications of Technology.
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The Sandinista oppressors are sponsored, armed and trained by
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the rulers of the Soviet Empire, the nearest thing to the Nazis (have
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they invaded fewer countries? Have they killed fewer people?). The
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main difference is that they clothe their totalitarianism in noble
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talk about human rights, peace and brotherhood of nations.
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Had Linder been shot, 44 years ago, by the Maquis as an armed
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helper of the Nazi stooges in Vichy France, would the IEEE have cited
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him for his "high moral standard ... [that] will inspire others to
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follow his idealism?"
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Sincerely,
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Petr Beckmann
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Fellow IEEE
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memb.no.5207493F
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