It always seems easier to start somewhere else then in one's own backyard
yes? That might actually require admitting we are not the staunch and
relentless defenders of human rights we like to make ourselves out to be.
True we must start somewhere. But when the war is over and a military
presence is in Kosovo for the next decade or so to enforce human rights will
we then turn toward our own marginalized, disenfranchised and abused (For
Canada a start would be the Aboriginal Peoples, for America a start would be
both African-Americans and Native-Americans I presume) and do the same?
Brad
-----Original Message-----
From: dell bleekman <hceng002@xxxxxxxx>
To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: Kosova
>Darren writes:
>
>"I see that you live in Australia and you would no doubt see the irony of
>the Australian press (and John Howard) in rebuking Serbia for their ethnic
>cleansing and yet the refusal to recognise that ethnic cleansing is a very
>real part of Australia's history."
>
>this line of argument typically puzzles me. if we recognize an injustice
>(say, in this instance the kosovars' abuse at the hands of the serbian
>government) and attempt a discussion to solve the injustice, must we
>jettison that attempt based on our previous inactions with previous
>injustices? Don't you need to break the cycle and actually *start*
>somewhere? It seems like such an easy recipe for inaction.
>
>dell
>los angeles
>
yes? That might actually require admitting we are not the staunch and
relentless defenders of human rights we like to make ourselves out to be.
True we must start somewhere. But when the war is over and a military
presence is in Kosovo for the next decade or so to enforce human rights will
we then turn toward our own marginalized, disenfranchised and abused (For
Canada a start would be the Aboriginal Peoples, for America a start would be
both African-Americans and Native-Americans I presume) and do the same?
Brad
-----Original Message-----
From: dell bleekman <hceng002@xxxxxxxx>
To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: Kosova
>Darren writes:
>
>"I see that you live in Australia and you would no doubt see the irony of
>the Australian press (and John Howard) in rebuking Serbia for their ethnic
>cleansing and yet the refusal to recognise that ethnic cleansing is a very
>real part of Australia's history."
>
>this line of argument typically puzzles me. if we recognize an injustice
>(say, in this instance the kosovars' abuse at the hands of the serbian
>government) and attempt a discussion to solve the injustice, must we
>jettison that attempt based on our previous inactions with previous
>injustices? Don't you need to break the cycle and actually *start*
>somewhere? It seems like such an easy recipe for inaction.
>
>dell
>los angeles
>