>From DasGoat, conspiracist at large. Teo1000 Incidentally it should not be any wonder since much of this is manufactured for our viewing pleasure, IMO.
I don't want to sound cynical or anything, but after watching a wide variety of videos of Kosovo refugees on MS-NBC and CNN, I'd like to call attention to the following: (1) Why are all the women and children wearing sparkly-clean unwrinkled designer-label clothing? Even the old grannies, most of them dressed as if they had unlimited credit at Macy's or even Nieman Marcus. Look very carefully. Little kids are wearing Nikes! Hey, I'm moving to war-torn Yugoslavia too! Must have a higher standard of living there. (2) Why are so many of the children --not just the little ones, but the ones about 8 or older-- smiling and laughing, like this is FUN? Why are many of the women likewise grinning? No one seems to be really suffering, or even that disturbed. Compare THESE refugees with miles of Rwandans with protruding bellies and flies on their eyes. Maybe it's just hard to maintain one's composure when told to "look despairing" at TV cameras broadcasting your image worldwide to wealthy people who'll throw rock concerts for you. (3) How come nobody really looks dirty or tired in the shots of refugees trekking along the road? Isn't a "mass exodus" of refugees a bit wearing? Oh, I forgot -- it's only about 50 miles from Kosovo to Albania or Montenegro. Not bad if you've got a good bicycle. Remember, all of Yugoslavia, including Kosovo, is about the size of the state of Ohio. Try to imagine a tear-jerking flood of refugees, driven out of Cleveland into Columbus Even the Hebrews leaving Pharaoh's oppression had to travel at least as far as Philly.
