If you DIE in the right disposition you go to God. That is some future to
look forward to. Philip
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From: David Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Dion Giles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 1999 4:19 AM
Subject: Re: If war crimes tribunals were serious...
> At 22:31 16/09/1999 +0800, Dion Giles wrote:
>
> >This mighty be how it would look -- Dion Giles, Fremantle, Western
Australia
> >---------------------------------------------------------
> >http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/Timor/satire.htm
> >
> >An Interview with the President of the International Criminal Tribunal
for
> >the Former Portuguese Timor
> >
> >There may be no busier woman in the world than the president of the
> >International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Portuguese Timor. On Sept.
6
> >she found time to sit for a 20-minute interview at her office in The
Hague.
> >
> >"What has been your greatest accomplishment in your 18 months as
president
> >of the Tribunal?"
> >
> >"Without question, the 53 indictments. As yet we've apprehended only
eleven
> >suspected war criminals - all low-ranking Indonesian army officers or
foot
> >soldiers - and brought six to trial. But we convicted all six."
> >
> >"Of what crimes?"
> >
> >"Torture, rape and murder, and in two cases, ordering underlings to
commit
> >those acts.........................................."
> >
>
> Hi everyone,
> Oh to be able to dream! It would be wonderful if this could, even
> remotely, happen. But the General (and his supporters and allies) probably
> owns a few hundred thousand acres of land with timber and mines and day
> workers. That makes him financially influential. And what greater
influence
> is there in this world than owning lumps of the planet It is what
> politicians are made of. And "We, the people" actually vote for them.
>
> Outstanding in all this Timor mess has been the most obvious hypocracy of
> the "leaders". All jockeying for brownie points and desperately trying
not
> to commit themselves to anything that may disturb their income. Above all
> the UN has shown itself to be criminally negligent once again. So as a
> little add on to the article could we add the names of Koffi Annan? The
> charge? Criminal negligence. And his henchmen would be all the members of
> the Security Council.........!
>
> David
>
> These are the simple facts:
>
> If you have no land to live from, you are dependent on
money
> to purchase the
> products of the land;
> If you have no money to live from, you depend on employment
> to gain the money;
> If you have no employment, then dependent on the
> State;
> If the State refuses you, you beg for the
charity
> of the rich;
> If there is no charity, you steal or you die.
> Such is the chain which binds us to each other, and to the
> land.
>
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