Evaluating

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by Mark Padgett

Juulie - I'm old enough to remember that Abby Hoffman wasn't a member of the Black Panthers. He was a member of the "Chicago 7". I took your sentence to imply he was their leader, therefore a member. Perhaps you meant them to be two seperate entities, but I'm not smart enough to figure that out, as you know.

I'm also old enough to remember when dirt was invented.

BTW - I once met Abby Hoffman - really.

I met him too, at a talk he gave at my college back in 19mmmbbllmmmbblll, after he came out of hiding of course. My story: during questions after the talk someone asked a question that the audience did not appreciate, there were boos & catcalls as they tried to shout the questioner down. Abbie quieted them and asked "What the f@ck is wrong with you people? Haven't you been paying attention to ANYHING I had to say?" He was an incredibly warm, funny & human individual, very passionate but also very humble and a great showman.