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November 10, 2005
Ten Years Gone
It's already been ten years since Ken Saro-Wiwa was murdered. A song about another murdered freedom fighter, Steve Biko, makes a claim:
You can blow out a candle But you can't blow out a fire Once the flames begin to catch The wind will blow it higher
I don't know. I think the ruling powers often operate on the assumption that this isn't true. They believe you can blow out candles and crush movements before the flames catch. I think the record is mixed. So many times, you blow out enough candles, the fire will die down.
Posted by zeynep at November 10, 2005 05:59 PM
Comments
This is a different subject from your latest post, but I just saw this buried in another article. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051112/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
One of the Sunni opposition groups proposed these conditions for peace talks.
"Those conditions included an immediate end to all military operations, the release of all detainees, the withdrawal of foreign troops from cities and setting a time table for the full withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq.
U.S. officials have patently rejected such conditions in the past."
It sure seems worth a thought to offer a little creativity and a little trash-talk followed by a suggestion to test their proposal.
What does anyone have to loose except another 100,000 lives?
later,
Bob
Posted by: Bob at November 12, 2005 02:24 PM