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Skriven 2007-01-01 14:29:03 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555.1)
  Kommentar till text 46186 av Björn Felten (2:203/2)
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Hello Björn.

31 Dec 06 14:29, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> But in this case I think the desire to silence him played a
 MvdV>> role as well.

 BF>    Just imagine what would happen if he'd been put to jail for the
 BF> rest of his life, and was given time to write his memoirs! All the
 BF> sordid agreements the oil & weapons barons, and their political
 BF> lackeys, made with him during the years; what a scandal it would be!
 BF> We couldn't have that, could we?

*I* coukd have it, but of course a lot of people are very happy that we will
never see those memoirs.

 BF>    So now he was sentenced to death for his revenge on the citizens of
 BF> the tiny village of Dujail for their attempted assassination attempt
 BF> in 1982. All the other hundreds of thousands of his victims will never
 BF> be given the opportunity to present their cases.

The people of Halkabje may still get their say when Ali Chemical stands to
trial. The many others.. probably not. :-(

 BF>    Very unfortunate, but that's what happens when you advocate brutish
 BF> revenge over the civilized way to settle things. The lower the IQ, the
 BF> closer to the Neanderthals, the more eager people are to take on
 BF> violence, it seems...

Unfortunately true... :-(

Michiel

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