Charles:
The way to keep American leaders from committing crimes is to stand up
and yell. Are you registered to vote? Do you vote? Do you email /
phone / write your Congressman / Senators / Governor / the President?
Have you joined any special interest groups? The people in government
get in on your vote. Once they're in they watch the polls carefully,
because they'd like to stay there. The safest thing for them is apathy,
or the "Let George do it" mentality (the mythical "George" in this case
antedating Bush by at least half a century).
If you're afraid of losing your civil rights, use them now while you
still can have an effect. Remember what Pogo said: "We have met the
enemy, and he is us."
Good night all.
Rachel
On Sun, 16 Sep 2001 20:00:53 -0700 Charles Nelson
<c.nelson@mail.utexas.edu> writes:
> Karen, you wrote:
>
> >We are not talking revenge. Self-defense is not madness. Children
> were
> >killed on those planes and probably in the WTC. We are talking
> about
> >preventing criminals from committing more crimes.
>
> I fully agree, but I also want to know when we are going to stop
> American leaders from committing more crimes. Just one example that
> I
> think someone else posted already, but still an excerpt from Noam
> Chomsky:
>
> Today's attacks were major atrocities. In terms of number of victims
> they do not reach the level of many others, for example, Clinton's
> bombing of the Sudan with no credible pretext, destroying half its
> pharmaceutical supplies and probably killing tens of thousands of
> people
> (no one knows, because the US blocked an inquiry at the UN and no
> one
> cares to pursue it). Not to speak of much worse cases, which easily
> come
> to mind. But that this was a horrendous crime is not in doubt. The
> primary victims, as usual, were working people: janitors,
> secretaries,
> firemen, etc. It is likely to prove to be a crushing blow to
> Palestinians and other poor and oppressed people. It is also likely
> to
> lead to harsh security controls, with many possible ramifications
> for
> undermining civil liberties and internal freedom.
>
> Charles
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