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Dismissing campaigns as "radical plots"

Donna Ferentes said:
Well, many people feel otherwise. Many people think that without the war, the circumstances of Mr de Menezes' assassination would not have taken place. You may disagree but it's a perfectly legitimate point of view.

or you could also say that "the circumstances of Mr de Menezes' assassination would not have taken place" without muslim extremism/terrorism.
 
districtline said:
or you could also say that "the circumstances of Mr de Menezes' assassination would not have taken place" without muslim extremism/terrorism.
You might indeed. Either way you'd be connecting an individual event to a wider issue and that seems perfectly reasonable to me.
 
Donna Ferentes said:
You might indeed. Either way you'd be connecting an individual event to a wider issue and that seems perfectly reasonable to me.

is that what the man's family does? or is it just a way for anti-war activists to exploit the man's death? most people seem to think the latter.
 
districtline said:
is that what the man's family does? or is it just a way for anti-war activists to exploit the man's death? most people seem to think the latter.

Most people who say "most people" are in a small minority :)

Sorry I accused you of sarcasm. I misoverestimated you.
 
laptop said:
Most people who say "most people" are in a small minority :)

Sorry I accused you of sarcasm. I misoverestimated you.

:D there aren't exactly any mass demonstrations involved in this case. i wonder why...

sarcasm? the thread developed.
 
Donna Ferentes said:
You might indeed. Either way you'd be connecting an individual event to a wider issue and that seems perfectly reasonable to me.

If a relative of mine was killed in similar circumstances, I'd want to know how and why they died, and I would want to ensure that whoever was responsible was held accountable. I wouldn't want a load of left-wingers getting involved to push their own agenda.
 
STFC Loyal said:
If a relative of mine was killed in similar circumstances, I'd want to know how and why they died, and I would want to ensure that whoever was responsible was held accountable. I wouldn't want a load of left-wingers getting involved to push their own agenda.
Exactly, although I wouldn't limit it to left-wingers, anyone with a wider agenda could piss off.
 
STFC Loyal said:
If a relative of mine was killed in similar circumstances, I'd want to know how and why they died, and I would want to ensure that whoever was responsible was held accountable. I wouldn't want a load of left-wingers getting involved to push their own agenda.

exactly, the focus in this case should be on exactly what you mentioned, exploiting his death for an anti-war case just distracts attention away from what really matters here: the death of an innocent man.
 
STFC Loyal said:
If a relative of mine was killed in similar circumstances, I'd want to know how and why they died, and I would want to ensure that whoever was responsible was held accountable. I wouldn't want a load of left-wingers getting involved to push their own agenda.
So you might. And it's possible that the family here take a different view. Who the hell are you to tell them who should or should not be involved in their campaign?
 
Asad Rehman is
a) black
b) a Marxist
c) a Muslim
d) supports George Galloway

What a combination! All of the things the British establishment hate the most - all rolled into one person. That explains why Tories on here and Tories in the media are going mental about this.

Their vitriolic attacks and what Galloway calls 'putrid allegations' tell us more about them and their racism than the Jean Charles de Menezes family campaign for justice. In fact this is what the Establishment have done or tried to do with every justice case - so Imran Khan, who fought for justice for Steven Lawrence was an evil 'supporter of the Socialist Labour Party' etc etc.

Attacks like this have a long history - and show the Establishment is losing the argument about the police and Ian Blair. Lets move on people.
 
rebel warrior said:
Asad Rehman is
a) black
b) a Marxist
c) a Muslim

d) supports George Galloway

What a combination!

has this person never read what marx wrote about religion?

das opium des volkes springs to mind.
 
Donna Ferentes said:
So you might. And it's possible that the family here take a different view. Who the hell are you to tell them who should or should not be involved in their campaign?

So they might. I'm not telling the De Menezes family anything. If they are happy for a group of leftists to make political capital out of the death of their son, fair play to them. It's not what I would want.
 
maybe you just don't understand the quote. it's german, you could use altavista.com to see the meaning in english.

or then again, someone supporting both reactionary islam and marxism at the same time may not be a contradiction to you.
 
Donna Ferentes said:
Quite. I don't believe he's ever managed to firebomb a single small shareholder.

Why dont you go hang around outside the stock exchange and see if you can beg some change off your masters..... fool

But i have managed to do some pretty successful direct actions donna which im not going to discuss on line.
 
districtline said:
maybe you just don't understand the quote. it's german, you could use altavista.com to see the meaning in english.

or then again, someone supporting both reactionary islam and marxism at the same time may not be a contradiction to you.
I think it's you missing a very obvious point, I'm afraid.
 
districtline said:
the wrongful death is definitely an issue, but there's nothing to do about it, what's done is done.

the police's shoot-to-kill policy is no issue no. the war in iraq is a question yes, but it has very little to do with the death of the brazilian guy.

We could question the states monopoly on violence and shoot one officer of the law for every person murdered by the state and ther lackeys.

Shoot to kill is not an issue its a fact and it must be confronted with force.
 
Donna Ferentes said:
Anyway, enough of this levity. Your posting #43 makes a big deal of something which is entirely an assumption on your part.

that his person hasn't read what marx wrote about religion? or that a "marxist" supports a reactionary religion?
 
i might tae a sandwich down and catch a train from oop north its a shame it will be ecomic 'progress' that destroys it rather than anarchy :(
 
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