Well it's not so much about connection, I guess, but principle. In
this case, it's hard to see what kind of real threat David Hicks
poses, a messed up ill-educated boy from Adelaide who found in Islam
some kind of desired certainty and then ended up in the wrong place at
the wrong time, sold to the US by Northern Alliance ... but right or
wrong, it's hard not to feel the injustice of what is happening to
him. A convicted mass murderer has more rights than he has, and he has
not been charged with any crime. And if you think TB is in lockstep,
take a moment to watch our own PM, who has sold us well and truly down
the river, economically, politically and environmentally.
That aside, I admired this piece of theatre for its focus on the
context, the way it showed how language as much as bodies are
tortured. Not to say its breathtaking (if sometimes horrifying)
beauty. Over the past few years, some of the theatre I have loathed
most heartily is the banal left wing complacent documentary theatre
that is de rigeur. This was something else.
All best
Alison
On 9/17/06, Tina Bass <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Alison,
>
> I'ts strange. I felt no real connecton to any of the British detainees. But
> once they were released into the safe hands of the UK judicial system - I
> really didn't give shit. It was mainly about showing the americans that
> they couldn't dictate to US. WE weren't going to comply with a United
> States (IN)justice system that ignored every bit of wisdom about conflict
> since the dawn of time.
>
> And now.
>
> I wish.
>
> TB was not so resistant.
>
>
>
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alison Croggon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 11:25 PM
> Subject: Re: More on art and politics
>
>
> > True. Still, they got them home, while Hicks has rotted to general apathy
> > here.
> >
> > On 9/17/06, Tina Bass <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >> <snip> unlike Britain - which
> >> > brought its nationals held in Camp Delta home out of concern that they
> >> > would be denied the due process of law
> >>
> >>
> >> I don't believe that the decision was made out of 'concern that...'
> >> It's more likely that media pressure on the British government not to do
> >> things Bush's Way made an impact.
> >> TB is generally dormant.
> >>
> >> Tina
> >>
> >
> >
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