Well I found a new day-job. That also means that my "night job" will have to change. New constraints on time and content, that sort of thing. Anyway more is on the way.
I'm still deeply worried about the direction my Country has been taking since 9/11 and I'll keep commenting on that until the CIA and the US Feds stop trying to justify preventive detentions, the ignoring of basic human rights and arbitrary definitions of who is an "enemy combattant" or a terrorist. Those things have no place in a country that is the "banner" of democracy.
Just saw the movie "In My Country." Though the movie is less than an "A" in my book, it rates about a b for accuracy of presentation. It could have portrayed Desmond Tutu as the kick ass Judge he proved to be and it was way too soft on the ANC's role in the violence of the repression years. It still portrayed the era fairly accurately and the brutality of human beings (mostly men) when given a blank check to fight some enemy.
The excuses are always the same; "Security", "They are terrorists","I did it to protect you". And they are always equally self-serving lies. Whether it's the French in Algeria, the Algerians in Algeria, the Israelis in Lebanon, the Syrians in Lebanon; the Greeks in their Civil War or the Rwandan's in theirs, the dynamic of repression and total warfare is the same. It's the logic of the beast.
Chris
And thanks for all the posts!
Posted by cholte at April 3, 2005 09:26 PMCongratulations on your re-employment. Like you I am worried about the direction the USA is headed in. I don't think we have all that much room to consider ourselves "a shining example to the world these days", but that's my own opinion.
Namaste, Engyo Mike Barrett
Posted by: Engyo Mike Barrett at April 4, 2005 03:15 PMCongratulations
Posted by: chikushonin 智倶諸人 at April 5, 2005 12:50 AMYeaaa! That didn't take too long, did it? Is the new job something you're excited about? A good change?
Posted by: Queen Lolo at April 6, 2005 02:20 PM