From: MaxPlumm@aol.com
Date: Thu Apr 10 2003 - 11:03:11 MDT
Michael (Matus) wrote:
"I am in absolute shock and awe that no one felt the events of yesterday were
worthy of mention. Here the symbolic downfall of one of the worst murderous
dictators in the world took place, and people held under his oppresion
rejoiced and desicrated the stalinistic reminders of his murderous rule."
"The events witnessed today were similiar in context to the destruction of
the Nazi headquarters in Berlin in WWII, and the fall of the Berlin Wall in
89. People viewint those events witnessed the downfall of facism, and
totalitarian communism, respectively. Yesterday we may have witnessed the
tipping point to the downfall of non-democratic oppression, the downfall of
the horrific statist imposed stagnation that has befallen the people of the
middle east for so many years."
"The people were exhibiting pure joy, why no recognition of this salient
event in the history of the spreading of democracy and freedom throughout
the world?"
"Where is the joy at the spreading of freedom and democracy on this list, is
freedom and democracy not extropian, or are members of this list not
extropians?"
Very well said, Michael. Those tremendous events and images are certainly
worth the attention and comment of everyone on this list. I myself was
reminded of the scene in Ethiopia on May 21, 1991, and the few days which
followed it, where thousands of Ethiopians celebrated the fall of the Soviet
backed Mengistu regime. Children were playing a top fallen statues of Lenin,
and like in Iraq, many people dragged the statues triumphantly through the
streets. For me, this is a scene that never gets old.
They celebrate the fall of the Communist Derg as the national holiday of
Ethiopia, one can easily imagine that April 9th will soon become a day of
yearly celebration and remembrance for the Iraqi people.
Regards,
Max Plumm
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