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2008-09-21 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Baader-Meinhof film epic takes on RAF's 'terrorist chic'

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Posted by mrp 2008-09-21 11:13|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 If true, this is a landmark event in the political maturation of the media-industrial complex. Ever since James Dean, the standard media meme has been to take the worship of "the rebel" to greater and greater extremes, the long-running deification of the psychopath Ernesto Guevara being only the most egregious example among many.
To the media-industrial complex, the world is a movie and terrorists have the James Dean role.
(Ironically, James Dean himself was a serious and studious young man who did not play the "James Dean" role in real life, his death in a sports car accident not withstanding.)

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2008-09-21 16:49|| 2008-09-21 16:49|| Front Page Top

#2 You will never be cool shiploard.

Posted by .5MT 2008-09-21 17:23|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-09-21 17:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Fuck the Baader-Meinhof gang, and all their fellow travelers. The whole lot of them can burn in hell.

I felt one of their blasts. Never forget. Never forgive.

"Until now, movies tended to make heroes out of the main characters"

True dat. Hope this one points out the fact that during his capture in Frankfurt, Baader was shot in the ass and squealed like a ~~stuck pig~~ little girl.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-21 18:47|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-09-21 18:47|| Front Page Top

#4 oughtta be a way to tie this in to Ayers

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-09-21 18:52|| 2008-09-21 18:52|| Front Page Top

#5 I was in Wiesbaden while the Baader-Meinhoff gang was terrorizing Frankfurt. Our unit was one of five that were specifically targeted by the RAF. A friend of mine was injured in the IG Farben building blast. The best thing that could ever happen to the Baader/Meinhoff gang is to be completely ignored and forgotten. They deserve no more.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-09-21 23:36|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-09-21 23:36|| Front Page Top

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