Marcel
You might find this interesting
Jill
Clare O'Farrell wrote:
> Let me begin by emphasising how shocked and horrified I am by the
> loss of life in the recent events.
>
> I really worry with Bush at the head of the US at present. Listening
> to him is like watching a bad right wing propaganda film from the
> 1950s. All this stuff about 'attacks on democracy' when it's really
> about attacks on US foreign policy. Neither is a question of an 'act
> of war' - it is a terrorist attack not an attack by another state. As
> one Arab leader said the US really needs to reexamine its foreign
> policy.
> The administration and government needs to examine why the US is
> generating so much hatred and do something about it. I think one of
> the things that annoys non Americans (not just the Arab world) most
> about the US is its insularity and lack of respect or even awareness
> of the rest of the world and the fact that it thinks it knows best
> how other nations should conduct their affairs. Bush has been pretty
> disastrous so far. I think the US would benefit from the introduction
> of compulsory voting at elections which might induce people to vote
> for someone sensible and educate themselves politically and about
> what is going on in the rest of the world!!
>
> What also really worries me is the hatred that this event will
> generate on both sides and that people will start thinking that all
> Arabs are inhuman terrorists. As Foucault says terrorism merely
> entrenches those attacked in the conviction of their rightness.
> Terror invokes terror and blind obedience. The state will use it as a
> means of bringing dissident voices into line. It must be said as well
> that Islamic fundamentalism is a major problem for everyone including
> for more moderate Islamic people.
>
> Can I recommend this excellent site by American journalists trying to
> speak out in opposition to the overwhelming media jingoism?
> http://www.workingforchange.com/
> --
> Clare
> ************************************************
> Clare O'Farrell
> email: panopticon1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> website: http://home.iprimus.com.au/panopticon1/
> ************************************************
You might find this interesting
Jill
Clare O'Farrell wrote:
> Let me begin by emphasising how shocked and horrified I am by the
> loss of life in the recent events.
>
> I really worry with Bush at the head of the US at present. Listening
> to him is like watching a bad right wing propaganda film from the
> 1950s. All this stuff about 'attacks on democracy' when it's really
> about attacks on US foreign policy. Neither is a question of an 'act
> of war' - it is a terrorist attack not an attack by another state. As
> one Arab leader said the US really needs to reexamine its foreign
> policy.
> The administration and government needs to examine why the US is
> generating so much hatred and do something about it. I think one of
> the things that annoys non Americans (not just the Arab world) most
> about the US is its insularity and lack of respect or even awareness
> of the rest of the world and the fact that it thinks it knows best
> how other nations should conduct their affairs. Bush has been pretty
> disastrous so far. I think the US would benefit from the introduction
> of compulsory voting at elections which might induce people to vote
> for someone sensible and educate themselves politically and about
> what is going on in the rest of the world!!
>
> What also really worries me is the hatred that this event will
> generate on both sides and that people will start thinking that all
> Arabs are inhuman terrorists. As Foucault says terrorism merely
> entrenches those attacked in the conviction of their rightness.
> Terror invokes terror and blind obedience. The state will use it as a
> means of bringing dissident voices into line. It must be said as well
> that Islamic fundamentalism is a major problem for everyone including
> for more moderate Islamic people.
>
> Can I recommend this excellent site by American journalists trying to
> speak out in opposition to the overwhelming media jingoism?
> http://www.workingforchange.com/
> --
> Clare
> ************************************************
> Clare O'Farrell
> email: panopticon1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> website: http://home.iprimus.com.au/panopticon1/
> ************************************************