Talk:William Kunstler
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Re: "Chicago Seven" or "Chicago Eight". The case started with eight defendents, but the trial of Bobby Seale was separated from the other seven and heard separately. For this reason, the main trial is now called the "Chicago Seven." At least, this is my understanding of the situation. --Jose Ramos 18:40, 27 Aug 2003 (UTC)
See the new article, Chicago Seven.
I regard JillandJack's category change to be inappropriate. As I stated on the talk page for the Lynne Stewart article, JillandJack is apparently a user whose previous account was banned. This user is apparently moving to have the "Radical lawyers" category removed. Rather than letting the category status depend on that outcome, the user has chosen to empty out several articles in violation of the request on the deletion proposal flag.
[edit] Kennedys
I have been criticized concerning remarks about Kunstler. What I said was quoted from Esquire magazine; I know little about him and until a contemporary attorney told me so, I didn't even know he had anything to do with the Chicago Seven. The quotes about him werre from the magazine. I assure my critics I am not searching for people to criticize but Kunstler appears to make it easy--the memories of JFK and Bobby Kennedy being what they are. Dougie monty (talk) 09:48, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
- Saying that "it's in Esquire" doesn't really cut it for a BLP article. The sourcing needs to be better, especially considering how negatively those kinds of comments would be viewed. I didn't find a single Google hit for those quotes except for a Wikipedia mirror, and I see no evidence at all that they exist. If they're genuine, find better sourcing. Croctotheface (talk) 06:35, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
My quote is directly from Bad News, an Esquirebook compiled in 1984, by the magazine's editors and designed by Muney Rivers; published by Avon Books (Esquire Press); ISBN 0-380-85712-X. The exact quote as given, on p. 88, is "I'm not entrirely upset by the Kennedy assassinations. In many ways, two of the most dangerous men in the country were eliminated." (To make matters worse, he made the statement to an audience in Dallas!) Dougie monty (talk) 05:30, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
- Though I doubt that the EXACT quote uses the word "entrirely", that kind of sourcing is more adequate. Previously, the quote had been somewhere between unsourced and poorly sourced. Croctotheface (talk) 05:40, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
