18-08-2012, 01:31 PM
Yes, we've been talking here today with others about Pinochet and the UK and asylum etc. Yes, the Labor party with Tony Blair showed their true colours with this one. They seemed mortified that their honoured guest and arms buyer was treated in such a egalitarian manner as to answer for his crimes against humanity like some common criminal. While he languished in luxurious surroundings in his house arrest during proceedings the mandarins and corporate interests wondered who on earth are they going to sell their weapons to if they can't use them? And the establishment gave Pinochet a get out of jail free card and a face saving excuse for the government not to deal with it at all.
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Karl Marx
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
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"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.