Muntadar Al-Zaidi expected to be shot after he hurled the first shoe — so no point in making the point that, under Saddam Hussain he would have been killed. Its is interesting how things change and no correlations through analyses are permissible when someone is willing to put his / her life on the line.
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4BH2XD20081222 And a petition from CodePink: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/424/signUp.jsp?key=3909 Again, reminds me of the satyagrahis, and the extent to which people are able to stand their ground although many see it differently, perhaps for reasons that are eminently logical to them. In the Goa of today, I feel he would be finished by now. This is speculation, of course but worth swirling in ones mind, before we get too inebriated during Christmas. If time permits also think of the money changers being driven out of the temple, then connect some dots as to our existence. venantius j pinto
