And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From BIGMTLIST The following is an interesting reply to the delema faced by the caller to the BIA official when his excuse for livestock impoundments of elderly Dineh resisters was: "it's the law, ma'm." Additionally, Peabody Coal has been violating environmental laws, the Hopi Police have used unlawful intimmidation, burial grounds have been desicrated, basic human rights have been violated, etc. NO, IT IS NOT THE LAW, AND WE AREN'T GOING TO STAND FOR IT ANY LONGER!!!! Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 13:27:24 -0500 From: Ari Halberstadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: your note to robert dorman Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Eva, You said you spoke with Honanie and he felt secure saying "It's the law, ma'm!" It took a major bloodbath of 6 million Jews, 11 million total in concentration camps, and a war that killed about 45 million, for international law to recognize that what is said by some government(s) to be "law" or "orders" does not make the actions acceptable and that some laws and orders must not be followed, that the laws are in fact illegal and contradict the rights of man. Merely following orders does not remove personal responsibility. The US government has been following unconscionable laws for generations. These laws are designed to mask and to remove the rights of native peoples and to allow the employees of the government to act with impunity to destroy the people and the land. Because a law is made does not make it right or that a person must obey that law. Many laws are necessary and ok, but the laws which are forcing the people of Black Mesa off of their land and "allowing" the US and Hopi governments to steal their animals are wrong and immoral and cannot be obeyed. One acceptable approach for people involved in these affairs is to resign from their position; in this way, they will not be carrying out these evil deeds and will not come into conflict with the legal system through their refusal to obey invalid laws and orders. -- Ari Halberstadt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.magiccookie.com/> PGP public key available at <http://www.magiccookie.com/pgpkey.txt> ******************************************** You are on the BIGMTLIST, a moderated mailing list of Big Mountain relocation resistance information (not discussion or debate). To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject header. For non-list members receiving this post as a forwarded message, you may subscribe by emailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "subscribe" in the subject header. For Big Mountain and other activist internet resources, visit "The Activist Page" at http://www.theofficenet.com/~redorman/welcome.html Also, for great internet tools please visit: http://www.msw.com.au/cgi-bin/msw/entry?id=1271 ******************************************** &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
