[lit-ideas] Re: Europe's September 11 ?
- From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 20:31:19 -0800 (PST)
I used that characterization with reference to some of
the reactions (of the political establishment), not to
the objective reality of the event. Objectively, yes,
there is a difference, not only with regard to the
number of casualties but also the choice of targets.
Unfortunately, I am unable to read BBC reports (though
I miraculously regained access to The Guardian), but
here is a pretty good analysis from Rahul Mahajan:
http://www.empirenotes.org/spain.html
--- JUDITH EVANS <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> It isn't really "Europe's September 11". 270 people
> died in the Lockerbie
> bombing in 1988, but if that happened now, I
> wouldn't call it "Europe's
> September 11".
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3506352.stm
>
> Judy Evans, Cardiff (UK)
> judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Omar Kusturica" <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 2:08 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Europe's September 11 ?
>
>
> > --- Teemu Pyyluoma <teme17@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Omar and John are over-reacting. After all the
> > > attack
> > > was timed three days before the election, and it
> is
> > > quite normal to assume that terrorists have a
> > > political motive. So I don't see what's so
> Bushie
> > > about calling it an attack on democracy,
> although it
> > > may be jumping to conclusions.
> >
> > *So the terrorists may be trying to influence the
> > result of the elections. (I don't really see why
> they
> > would want to do that, unless they were sent by
> Aznar
> > himself, but let's assume they do.) But that would
> > hardly qualify as an assault on democracy, rather
> it
> > would be an attempt to use or manipulate
> democracy.
> >
> > > Personally I found the Madric massacre
> particulary
> > > distressing because it was simply that, a
> massacre
> > > like the Bali bombing without any symbolic
> target
> > > (such as WTC) or purpose (like terrorist attacks
> in
> > > Iraq.)
> >
> > *Here you seem to advance your own interpretation,
> > which is different from the official, but equally
> > shaky. We don't really know at this point if there
> is
> > a purpose or what it is. Suggesting that such
> things
> > are done for no reason at all always strikes me as
> > improbable. The Bali bombings were probably
> intended
> > to destabilize the Indonesian secular government,
> and
> > they were probably aimed at Australia as well.
> (Many
> > of the victims were Australian tourists.)
> >
> > (snip)
> > >
> > > Ultimately the world we live in is secure
> because
> > > vast
> > > majority of people are decent human beings.
> >
> > *That is, I think, a good point. Most people
> naturally
> > feel moral repulsion at such acts. Unfortunately,
> the
> > rhetoric about "assault on democracy," which
> crudely
> > politicizes and ideologizes the event, leaves
> little
> > space for such natural human reactions.
> >
> > O.K.
> >
> >
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