24-06-2014, 03:13 PM
I've been watching the fall out of this with wry amusement. Also great sadness for the men and their families. Kerry looks like he may threaten to hold his breath for a whole minute to teach those Egyptians the meaning of press freedom. The military aid keeps flowing their way unobstructed and we keep selling them meat and wheat etc. Our government here, who is so on the nose for almost everyone in the region and within, is outraged at the sentence for one of our journalists but not for our other journalist stuck in the Ecuadorian embassy for the past 2 years and one year house arrest before that. Unfortunately, with impeccable timing, just last week the government also unilaterally and with no consultation have decided to break with decades of international convention and no longer refer to East Jerusalem and the Palestinian West Bank as occupied territory but as 'disputed' territory. As if there is some doubt about it. This has caused outrage with all our many Arab and Islamic trading partners who are now considering boycotting our products and services. They sure as hell are not going to be giving us any help in other matters when we need it. In fact I'm just pleased they haven't declared war on us. Indonesia is the largest Islamic nation in the world and is our immediate neighbour. We have regularly invaded their territory by navy and have been caught spying on them, stealing their oil and listening to the President's wife personal phone calls.
Journalism is now a crime in many places. Not just Egypt. The civilised west would love to disappear some and silence others. They continue to persecute their own. They still collaborate in building the fascist new world. But they just can't say so. Not yet.
Journalism is now a crime in many places. Not just Egypt. The civilised west would love to disappear some and silence others. They continue to persecute their own. They still collaborate in building the fascist new world. But they just can't say so. Not yet.
"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.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.
"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.