Bart:
>I disapprove of the bombing of Serbia as a means of getting the serbs to
>stop murdering the muslims. I trust you are following me to this point,
>
>I disapprove of the murder, the genocide being perpetrated by the Serbs.
>Close reading of your own messages, by the way, is notably absent of any
>similar sentiment, so I suspect that this position is not one you share.
>Whatever...
Both sides then, are in the wrong. Thankyou for clearing that up.
>Implicit, not explicit (which is why you probably missed it, despite all
>that careful reading of yours) in my message was the concept that a country
>that is governed by a genocidal mad man either will have to do something
>about the mad man and stop the genocide, or accept the consequences of
>someone else doing something.
So, a manīs gotta do what a manīs gotta do.
Hey if we all think real hard, maybe we can stop this rain....
What do you suggest they do about the madman? How should they go about it?
What is the best way to overthrow the government?
Maybe they are doing things. Maybe the bombing is hindering them. Maybe
they havenīt seen enough Westerns to believe "killing the bad guy" is going
to do anything to solve this.
One set of the press has been ejected from Yugoslavia, the other is
probably a mouthpiece. We have no information on which to base opinions at
present, if we ever did. We donīt know, we canīt know. Judging from the
deliberate misinformation that has taken place in all previous 20th century
conflicts, it might be wise to reserve judgement and acknowledge our
impotence, and think about what that impotence implies in terms of
practical, possible behavior that might help to avoid this history
repeating itself in future.
I refer you back to Mark Weissīs forwarded message from Buffalo Poetics
from lepa mladjenovic from the autonomous women's center against sexual
violence in Belgrade.
Nick Kearney
Florida Centre de Formació
Valencia, Spain
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