[lit-ideas] Re: Do You Have a Moral Urgency?
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:43:37 +0100
He came to Canada as a refugee because
> Hezbollah was threatening his family if he did not join. He
was a
> Christian and a pacifist and so refused and fled. At first his
claim
> was denied because it wasn't at all clear that he had not
joined
> Hezbollah. How could he prove he did not belong to Hezbollah
when there
> was no clear way of telling who belonged?
Hezbollah has Christian members?
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From: "Phil Enns" <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 11:48 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Do You Have a Moral Urgency?
> Simon Ward:
>
> "Phil, you're very close to presenting an argument for
genocide. Is that
> what you intend to put forward?"
>
>
> I am arguing that when one is counting the dead, and there is
no clear
> distinction between combatant and non-combatant, that one
cannot clearly
> identify civilian deaths.
>
> The blurring of this distinction has other consequences. The
> congregation that I belong to has sponsored a Palestinian man
here in
> Canada. He came almost ten years ago, leaving his wife and two
children
> in a UN refugee camp in Lebanon. He came to Canada as a
refugee because
> Hezbollah was threatening his family if he did not join. He
was a
> Christian and a pacifist and so refused and fled. At first his
claim
> was denied because it wasn't at all clear that he had not
joined
> Hezbollah. How could he prove he did not belong to Hezbollah
when there
> was no clear way of telling who belonged? After a number of
years,
> Immigration Canada finally allowed that he most likely was not
a member
> of Hezbollah and gave their approval for granting him
citizenship.
> However, CSIS, the Canadian spy agency, blocked his application
since
> they hadn't been convinced. And that is where things stand
today. CSIS
> has told us that they will have an answer for him some time
this Fall.
> In the mean time, his family waits. The Israelis bombed a part
of the
> camp very close to his family. He insists that there were no
Hezbollah
> in the camp. He is a friend of mine but he has no love for the
Israelis
> and I don't know how he could know that Hezbollah doesn't have
a
> presence in the camp.
>
> The fact that Hezbollah blends into the civilian population has
serious,
> often fatal, consequences for those who, in some cases, want
nothing to
> do with Hezbollah.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Phil Enns
> Toronto, ON
>
>
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