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Members of seven campus groups at the City College of New York commended the school for allowing them to work in the name of domestic "terrorist" Assata Shakur, now believed to be hiding in Cuba.

"We know that many Black people that fought for better conditions in the 70's were framed," the groups said in a statement released to FOXNews.com. "We consider Assata Shakur to be one of the people who were wrongfully and purposefully framed for her activities.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,236015,00.html

Why do some members of our society honor criminal behavior? I don't see this as a racial issue at all but rather an attempt by what I would term the couther culture to thumb their noses at decent society. Why not name the room for Colin Powell? He is a CCNY alumni and a fine example of what it means to be a great American.

I also read recently that former Rep. Mckinley was trying to have the work of Tupac Shakur, convicted of sexual assault, added to the National Archives. What am I missing here? If Lehigh named anything after a convicted criminal, my donations would stop immediately.

It says a lot about the people in charge at CCNY and their responsibilities to moral standards (or lack thereof) for their students.

StrykerFSU wrote:I also read recently that former Rep. Mckinley was trying to have the work of Tupac Shakur, convicted of sexual assault, added to the National Archives. What am I missing here? If Lehigh named anything after a convicted criminal, my donations would stop immediately.

OK I had look this up and I don't see any reason why we need an act of Congress to archive all materials related to the life and death of Tupac Shakur. At first I assumed this was merely archiving his works, which I think has value, but would be more appropriate in the Library of Congress. However, it looks like this is similar to what the Elder Bush did in regards to the JFK assassination. I guess the question is, was Tupac assassinated or murdered? If he was assassinated then why and how are we defining assassination? If murder it seems that it is merely a state issue, not federal. More importantly, is this really an issue we need to use federal time and money on? Fortunately, it looks like it is not going to pass.

As far as the buildings getting named at CCNY I find it a bit disturbing that a public college, or any college for that matter, would allow something to be named for two people who seem to be nothing more than domestic terrorists. There is nothing wrong with honoring members of a counter culture, especially since our country was pretty much framed by a counter culture, but there are many people whose ides run counter to the status quo that make their points without killing people.

Campbell wrote: More importantly, is this really an issue we need to use federal time and money on?

You could apply that same logic to about 1/2 of the items in the current federal budget.

Sonny wrote:

Campbell wrote: More importantly, is this really an issue we need to use federal time and money on?

You could apply that same logic to about 1/2 of the items in the current federal budget.

I agree

StrykerFSU wrote:Why do some members of our society honor criminal behavior?

This isn't necessarily a comment on this case, as I've yet to read up sufficiently on it, but one man's criminal is another man's freedom fighter. Were the patriots of the American Revolution not criminals in the eyes of England?