Young Flint doesn't seem very taken with the turnip porridge, even though it is sweetened with honey. Well, Chert thinks, perhaps it's a mistake to expect one of the big folk to be feel the same way about root vegetables as we do. Since Opal has gone off to the vent of warm subterranean air behind Old Quarry Square to air the clothes she has washed, he takes pity on the lad and removes the bowl.
"You don't need to finish," he says. "We're going out, you and I."
The boy looks at him, neither interested nor disinterested. "Where?"
"The castle -- the inner keep."
Something moves across the child's face but he only rises easily from the low stool and trots out the door before Chert has gathered up his own things. Although he has only come down Wedge Road for the first time the night before, the boy turns unhesitatingly to the left. Chert is impressed with his memory. "You'd be right if we were going up, lad, but we're not. We're taking Funderling roads." The boy looks at him questioningly. "Going through the tunnels. It's faster for the way we're going. Besides, last night I wanted to show you a bit of what was aboveground -- now you get to see a bit more of what's down here."
They stroll down to the bottom of Wedge Road then along Beetle Way to Ore Street, which is wide and busy, full of carts and teams of diggers and cutters on their way to various tasks, peddlers bringing produce down from the markets in the castle above, honers and polishers crying their trades, and tribes of children on their way to guild schools. The day-lanterns are lit everywhere, and in a few places raw autumn sunlight streams down through holes in the great roof, turning the streets golden."
Tell me if unrenewable energy is in vogue, to whose advantage is this? Could this be to the advantage of the country with the most military spending in the world and the strongest economy? Dork.
Well the fact that they are not on the European continent and despite being the ancestors of assimiliated Balkan and Anatolian peoples they keep saying "My ancestors are from Central Asia," which obviously does not help their case.
The fact also that alot of their beliefs regarding politics are, unadultered fascism has alot to do with it to. This Turk in my high school was talking to me about Greek Cypriots and how they killed so many Turkish soldiers(Keep in mind he does not live in Turkey nor was he born there, so this makes it much sadder)! The audacity of some Turks. The Turkish special forces go in Kurdistan and oppress people and the Turkish mothers of these fascists protest in Istanbul about the "terrorists" who killed their son.
Turkish polticial beliefs are fascinating. It is like watching a soap opera. When one of their soldiers invades some foreign country like Cyprus they complain of Greeks defending themselves from invasion. They complain of Armenians who while being slaughtered managed to kill some Turkish soldiers. Turkish society is concerned too much with the murderer blaming the victims.
I got a question are there lots of other Austrians like you who know what is going on in Turkey? Or are they ignorant and think it is just like any other "European" country(if calling yourselves European was the only thing to being European, Turks would be the most European!)?
I am a Greek-American and lots of the stupider Americans think Greek and Armenians are fanatics for being pissed that Turks keep lying about the genocides Turks committed.
The Turks are so stupid they think that the world is run by the Armenian and Greek diasporas. 8 millions Greeks and 3 million Armenians running the world! We better notify the 5 billion other people that they are mere Armenian and Greek pawns!
Controversial new controls on the internet in Turkey have provoked protests from websites which fear they may be driven out of existence.
The new measures are part of a new wide-ranging broadcasting law which place the internet under the same legislation as the rest of Turkey's media for libel and an offence called "lying news".
Under the new law, websites could face having to be officially registered and send copies of their material to the authorities.
The measures have been condemned by much of the internet sector, from service providers to users, who warn that the whole future of the net in Turkey could be at stake.
Impact on internet sector
Savas Unsal, Managing Director of Superonline, Turkey's largest internet provider, is furious, describing it as a "dirty law".
"There's not going to be a certain direction, no freedom of speech and this is going to impact the local content and local hosting services and eventually the whole internet sector," he said.
"They might easily put me and my chairman out of business."
With around a million subscribers, Superonline has been part of the country's rapidly growing internet sector.
Many burgeoning Turkish internet websites carry criticism of ministers, including material newspapers dare not publish.
But Dr Oktay Vural, Minister of Transport and Communications, insists the measures are not intended to stiffle sites.
"There are no restrictions. It is only that there have been several things which have been forbidden by the law," he said.
"So if these actions were taken through the internet, then the regulations will cover for those actions only. We cannot be an eye in the chatrooms; that is not the aim of that law.
"Let's see what happens. I don't think it will affect the internet. I think time will show the truth," he said.
Media controls
The new law puts the internet under the control of Turkey's Supreme Radio and Television Board.
According to Savas Unsal, that opens the door to the internet facing the similar restrictions as the rest of the country's media.
"A judge can tell you to bring a copy of your website whenever you update it to be approved by the local authorities," he said.
The law is unclear what it actually covers. According to Fikret Ilkiz, media lawyer for the Turkish daily newspaper, Cumhuriyet, internet providers could be liable for prosecution for anything written, even in chatrooms.
He also argues that the notion of "lying news" is too ambiguous.
"The biggest problem is that the law is very unclear. The law forbids fake or lie news. But what is this?" he asked.
"The law doesn't define what it is. It just says it's forbidden. And this could apply to chatrooms.
"The way the law is now, it will be defined by many court cases. For now, there is great uncertainty. No one knows what is legal and what is not. It is chaos."
'Ambiguous law'
Reaching a definition of the law by court cases could well be an expensive process for internet providers and users, with fines of up to $195,000 for each offence.
But some critics of the law argue it is deliberately ambiguous. Much of Turkey's legislation governing the control of the media is characterised by catch all phrases.
" Now we believe that the internet, and computers in general, provide us with a second chance " Halik Sahin, Bilgi University
The internet until now has been largely exempt from such legislation. Such freedom has allowed it to become a powerful forum for criticising politicians.
Many journalists publish articles on the internet which neither television nor newspapers dare print, due in part to existing legislation.
The European Union, which Turkey aspires to join, has strongly condemned such legislation. This latest law has also drawn the ire of the EU, with officials calling for its repeal.
That could well happen because Turkey's President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has sent the law to the Constitutional Court, accusing it of breaching the constitution.
The court could take up to a year to make a ruling. In the meantime, the law remains in force.
Internet slowdown
The uncertainty created by the new legislation could prove most damaging of all to Turkey.
Professor Haluk Sahin, who teaches media studies at Istanbul's Bilgi University, warns that Turkey risks repeating the mistakes of the past
"A lot people in Turkey realize that Turkey must not make the mistake of 200 years ago," he says.
"Some 200 years ago, the Ottoman Empire missed the Industrial Revolution. Now, we believe that the internet, and computers in general, provide us with a second chance.
"A new train has arrived. Whether we embark on that train or not is up to us and the younger generations seem determined to do that.
"Unfortunately, the older generations and the politicians do not seem to be of the same mind," he said.
You can hear more about how Turkey is controlling the internet on the BBC World Service programme, Go Digital.
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Controversial new controls on the internet in Turkey have provoked protests from websites which fear they may be driven out of existence.
The new measures are part of a new wide-ranging broadcasting law which place the internet under the same legislation as the rest of Turkey's media for libel and an offence called "lying news".
Under the new law, websites could face having to be officially registered and send copies of their material to the authorities.
The measures have been condemned by much of the internet sector, from service providers to users, who warn that the whole future of the net in Turkey could be at stake.
Impact on internet sector
Savas Unsal, Managing Director of Superonline, Turkey's largest internet provider, is furious, describing it as a "dirty law".
"There's not going to be a certain direction, no freedom of speech and this is going to impact the local content and local hosting services and eventually the whole internet sector," he said.
"They might easily put me and my chairman out of business."
With around a million subscribers, Superonline has been part of the country's rapidly growing internet sector.
Many burgeoning Turkish internet websites carry criticism of ministers, including material newspapers dare not publish.
But Dr Oktay Vural, Minister of Transport and Communications, insists the measures are not intended to stiffle sites.
"There are no restrictions. It is only that there have been several things which have been forbidden by the law," he said.
"So if these actions were taken through the internet, then the regulations will cover for those actions only. We cannot be an eye in the chatrooms; that is not the aim of that law.
"Let's see what happens. I don't think it will affect the internet. I think time will show the truth," he said.
Media controls
The new law puts the internet under the control of Turkey's Supreme Radio and Television Board.
According to Savas Unsal, that opens the door to the internet facing the similar restrictions as the rest of the country's media.
"A judge can tell you to bring a copy of your website whenever you update it to be approved by the local authorities," he said.
The law is unclear what it actually covers. According to Fikret Ilkiz, media lawyer for the Turkish daily newspaper, Cumhuriyet, internet providers could be liable for prosecution for anything written, even in chatrooms.
He also argues that the notion of "lying news" is too ambiguous.
"The biggest problem is that the law is very unclear. The law forbids fake or lie news. But what is this?" he asked.
"The law doesn't define what it is. It just says it's forbidden. And this could apply to chatrooms.
"The way the law is now, it will be defined by many court cases. For now, there is great uncertainty. No one knows what is legal and what is not. It is chaos."
'Ambiguous law'
Reaching a definition of the law by court cases could well be an expensive process for internet providers and users, with fines of up to $195,000 for each offence.
But some critics of the law argue it is deliberately ambiguous. Much of Turkey's legislation governing the control of the media is characterised by catch all phrases.
" Now we believe that the internet, and computers in general, provide us with a second chance " Halik Sahin, Bilgi University
The internet until now has been largely exempt from such legislation. Such freedom has allowed it to become a powerful forum for criticising politicians.
Many journalists publish articles on the internet which neither television nor newspapers dare print, due in part to existing legislation.
The European Union, which Turkey aspires to join, has strongly condemned such legislation. This latest law has also drawn the ire of the EU, with officials calling for its repeal.
That could well happen because Turkey's President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has sent the law to the Constitutional Court, accusing it of breaching the constitution.
The court could take up to a year to make a ruling. In the meantime, the law remains in force.
Internet slowdown
The uncertainty created by the new legislation could prove most damaging of all to Turkey.
Professor Haluk Sahin, who teaches media studies at Istanbul's Bilgi University, warns that Turkey risks repeating the mistakes of the past
"A lot people in Turkey realize that Turkey must not make the mistake of 200 years ago," he says.
"Some 200 years ago, the Ottoman Empire missed the Industrial Revolution. Now, we believe that the internet, and computers in general, provide us with a second chance.
"A new train has arrived. Whether we embark on that train or not is up to us and the younger generations seem determined to do that.
"Unfortunately, the older generations and the politicians do not seem to be of the same mind," he said.
You can hear more about how Turkey is controlling the internet on the BBC World Service programme, Go Digital.
Controversial new controls on the internet in Turkey have provoked protests from websites which fear they may be driven out of existence.
The new measures are part of a new wide-ranging broadcasting law which place the internet under the same legislation as the rest of Turkey's media for libel and an offence called "lying news".
Under the new law, websites could face having to be officially registered and send copies of their material to the authorities.
The measures have been condemned by much of the internet sector, from service providers to users, who warn that the whole future of the net in Turkey could be at stake.
Impact on internet sector
Savas Unsal, Managing Director of Superonline, Turkey's largest internet provider, is furious, describing it as a "dirty law".
"There's not going to be a certain direction, no freedom of speech and this is going to impact the local content and local hosting services and eventually the whole internet sector," he said.
"They might easily put me and my chairman out of business."
With around a million subscribers, Superonline has been part of the country's rapidly growing internet sector.
Many burgeoning Turkish internet websites carry criticism of ministers, including material newspapers dare not publish.
But Dr Oktay Vural, Minister of Transport and Communications, insists the measures are not intended to stiffle sites.
"There are no restrictions. It is only that there have been several things which have been forbidden by the law," he said.
"So if these actions were taken through the internet, then the regulations will cover for those actions only. We cannot be an eye in the chatrooms; that is not the aim of that law.
"Let's see what happens. I don't think it will affect the internet. I think time will show the truth," he said.
Media controls
The new law puts the internet under the control of Turkey's Supreme Radio and Television Board.
According to Savas Unsal, that opens the door to the internet facing the similar restrictions as the rest of the country's media.
"A judge can tell you to bring a copy of your website whenever you update it to be approved by the local authorities," he said.
The law is unclear what it actually covers. According to Fikret Ilkiz, media lawyer for the Turkish daily newspaper, Cumhuriyet, internet providers could be liable for prosecution for anything written, even in chatrooms.
He also argues that the notion of "lying news" is too ambiguous.
"The biggest problem is that the law is very unclear. The law forbids fake or lie news. But what is this?" he asked.
"The law doesn't define what it is. It just says it's forbidden. And this could apply to chatrooms.
"The way the law is now, it will be defined by many court cases. For now, there is great uncertainty. No one knows what is legal and what is not. It is chaos."
'Ambiguous law'
Reaching a definition of the law by court cases could well be an expensive process for internet providers and users, with fines of up to $195,000 for each offence.
But some critics of the law argue it is deliberately ambiguous. Much of Turkey's legislation governing the control of the media is characterised by catch all phrases.
" Now we believe that the internet, and computers in general, provide us with a second chance " Halik Sahin, Bilgi University
The internet until now has been largely exempt from such legislation. Such freedom has allowed it to become a powerful forum for criticising politicians.
Many journalists publish articles on the internet which neither television nor newspapers dare print, due in part to existing legislation.
The European Union, which Turkey aspires to join, has strongly condemned such legislation. This latest law has also drawn the ire of the EU, with officials calling for its repeal.
That could well happen because Turkey's President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has sent the law to the Constitutional Court, accusing it of breaching the constitution.
The court could take up to a year to make a ruling. In the meantime, the law remains in force.
Internet slowdown
The uncertainty created by the new legislation could prove most damaging of all to Turkey.
Professor Haluk Sahin, who teaches media studies at Istanbul's Bilgi University, warns that Turkey risks repeating the mistakes of the past
"A lot people in Turkey realize that Turkey must not make the mistake of 200 years ago," he says.
"Some 200 years ago, the Ottoman Empire missed the Industrial Revolution. Now, we believe that the internet, and computers in general, provide us with a second chance.
"A new train has arrived. Whether we embark on that train or not is up to us and the younger generations seem determined to do that.
"Unfortunately, the older generations and the politicians do not seem to be of the same mind," he said.
You can hear more about how Turkey is controlling the internet on the BBC World Service programme, Go Digital.
It is a travesty of the moderation system that the parent post has not been modded up.
P.S. I have a black and white cat that I will trade for a laser printer. She likes to rub up against people's legs when she is hungry but other than that she prints great.
Turkey tightens controls on the net Savas Unsal: Worried he will be driven out of business By Dorian Jones in Istanbul
Controversial new controls on the internet in Turkey have provoked protests from websites which fear they may be driven out of existence.
The new measures are part of a new wide-ranging broadcasting law which place the internet under the same legislation as the rest of Turkey's media for libel and an offence called "lying news".
Under the new law, websites could face having to be officially registered and send copies of their material to the authorities.
The measures have been condemned by much of the internet sector, from service providers to users, who warn that the whole future of the net in Turkey could be at stake.
Impact on internet sector
Savas Unsal, Managing Director of Superonline, Turkey's largest internet provider, is furious, describing it as a "dirty law".
"There's not going to be a certain direction, no freedom of speech and this is going to impact the local content and local hosting services and eventually the whole internet sector," he said.
"They might easily put me and my chairman out of business."
With around a million subscribers, Superonline has been part of the country's rapidly growing internet sector.
Many burgeoning Turkish internet websites carry criticism of ministers, including material newspapers dare not publish.
But Dr Oktay Vural, Minister of Transport and Communications, insists the measures are not intended to stiffle sites.
"There are no restrictions. It is only that there have been several things which have been forbidden by the law," he said.
"So if these actions were taken through the internet, then the regulations will cover for those actions only. We cannot be an eye in the chatrooms; that is not the aim of that law.
"Let's see what happens. I don't think it will affect the internet. I think time will show the truth," he said.
Media controls
The new law puts the internet under the control of Turkey's Supreme Radio and Television Board.
According to Savas Unsal, that opens the door to the internet facing the similar restrictions as the rest of the country's media.
"A judge can tell you to bring a copy of your website whenever you update it to be approved by the local authorities," he said.
The law is unclear what it actually covers. According to Fikret Ilkiz, media lawyer for the Turkish daily newspaper, Cumhuriyet, internet providers could be liable for prosecution for anything written, even in chatrooms.
He also argues that the notion of "lying news" is too ambiguous.
"The biggest problem is that the law is very unclear. The law forbids fake or lie news. But what is this?" he asked.
"The law doesn't define what it is. It just says it's forbidden. And this could apply to chatrooms.
"The way the law is now, it will be defined by many court cases. For now, there is great uncertainty. No one knows what is legal and what is not. It is chaos."
'Ambiguous law'
Reaching a definition of the law by court cases could well be an expensive process for internet providers and users, with fines of up to $195,000 for each offence.
But some critics of the law argue it is deliberately ambiguous. Much of Turkey's legislation governing the control of the media is characterised by catch all phrases.
" Now we believe that the internet, and computers in general, provide us with a second chance " Halik Sahin, Bilgi University
The internet until now has been largely exempt from such legislation. Such freedom has allowed it to become a powerful forum for criticising politicians.
Many journalists publish articles on the internet which neither television nor newspapers dare print, due in part to existing legislation.
The European Union, which Turkey aspires to join, has strongly condemned such legislation. This latest law has also drawn the ire of the EU, with officials calling for its repeal.
That could well happen because Turkey's President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has sent the law to the Constitutional Court, accusing it of breaching the constitution.
The court could take up to a year to make a ruling. In the meantime, the law remains in force.
Internet slowdown
The uncertainty created by the new legislation could prove most damaging of all to Turkey.
Professor Haluk Sahin, who teaches media studies at Istanbul's Bilgi University, warns that Turkey risks repeating the mistakes of the past
"A lot people in Turkey realize that Turkey must not make the mistake of 200 years ago," he says.
"Some 200 years ago, the Ottoman Empire missed the Industrial Revolution. Now, we believe that the internet, and computers in general, provide us with a second chance.
"A new train has arrived. Whether we embark on that train or not is up to us and the younger generations seem determined to do that.
"Unfortunately, the older generations and the politicians do not seem to be of the same mind," he said.
You can hear more about how Turkey is controlling the internet on the BBC World Service programme, Go Digital.
Punk sucks. Punk revival isn't cool you stupid fuck. The bands are only in it for the bucks. And if you don't believe me you're a schmuck. But the trend will die out with any luck. Yo Ho. Yo Ho. Propaghandi, a message to you Propaghandi, a message to you Propaghandi. Fuck you Propaghandi!
(Long live Crass. Quick death for Propasucki.)
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Your an idiot. Half of the Russian economy is completely controlled by the mafia. Russia is a disaster area. Most Russians yearn for the old Soviet days.
The goal of school is not to teach but to make submissive and obedient. It is another step in the never ending path of innuring into a society where you will work for the profit of some capitalist whose house costs more than you will ever make in your whole life.
May 1st is a day of special significance. Its a day of worldwide solidarity. But why Mayday? What is its history?
Over a century ago the American Federation of Labour adopted a historic resolution which asserted that? eight hours shall constitute a legal days labour from and after May 1st, 1886?.All across America in the months prior to this resolution, workers in their thousands were starting to struggle for a shorter week. Skilled and unskilled, men and women, black and white, immigrant and native were all fighting together. Chicago was the main centre of agitation. Over 300,000 workers came out on May 1st, and here Mayday was born.
The Chicago anarchists considered that struggles for reforms, like the eight hour day, were not enough in themselves. They considered them as only one battle in an ongoing class war that would only end by social revolution. On May 1st, in Chicago, one half of the McCormick Harvester Company came out on strike. Two days later the police opened fire on the pickets, killing one and wounding several more. Outraged, the anarchists called a protest meeting at the Haymarket for the next day.
Although the meeting was peaceful, a police column of 180 men moved in and ordered the meeting to disperse. At that moment a bomb was thrown into the ranks of the police, killing one and wounding about seventy others. The police opened fire on the spectators, killing and wounding many.
A reign of terror swept over Chicago. Eight men, all anarchists and active union organisers, were blamed and stood trial for murder. No proof was offered by the state that any of the eight had anything to do with the bomb.
In spite of world wide protest, four of the Haymarket Martyrs were hanged. Half a million people lined the funeral cortege and 20 000 crowded into the cemetery. In 1893, the new Governor of Illinois made official what the working class in Chicago and across the world knew all along and pardoned the Martyrs because of their obvious innocence and because ?the trial was not fair?.
In 1889, the American delegation attending the International Socialist congress in Paris proposed that May 1st be adopted as a workers? holiday. This was to commemorate working class struggle and the ?Martyrdom of the Chicago Eight?. Since then Mayday has became a day for international solidarity, but has also been used as a day of celebration by reformist trade unions and authoritarian communist groups alike. It is not surprising that the real history and meaning of Mayday are hidden. If the anarchist ideas of the Chicago Martyrs became better known and put back into practice, the trade union bureaucrats and labour politicians who run the labour movement would be out of a job! The ?Chicago Idea? of the Martyrs shows that there is a real, practical alternative to both the present labour movement and the present system. That idea is revolutionary anarchism.
Mayday, like the Labour movement itself, must be rescued from all those with a vested interest in the present system. Mayday must again be a day to remember the past struggles of working class people and a day to show solidarity with present struggles.
>From the pages of Resistance#11, regular monthly bulletin of the Anarchist Federation Ireland. To read, or download in PDF format, go to:
Monday, April 29 2002 @ 03:04 PM GMT By Terje Maröy For PalestineChronicle.com
A couple of years ago there was a massive outrage within the Isareli population as well as in Jewish communities throughout the world. UN personnel had seen and filmed some Israeli soldiers captured and mistreated by Lebanese guerillas.
Terje Roed Larsen made the UN release this information, according to Israeli claims. That was a breakthrough in UN policy. For two decades it would cost a UN soldier his job if he reported Israeli war crimes.
Several officers (myself among them) faced harsh consequences when they tried to forward criticism on Israeli acts in Lebanon and the occupied territories. Dozens of Norwegian UN soldiers have also committed suicide. According to Army researches several more have wished to do so. They felt guilt, according to psychiatrists within the Army's stress managing team, because they had to witness Israeli and SLA war crimes without having permission to protect the civilian victims. When even foreign witnesses react to Israeli war crimes by committing suicide, that show s the logic why the permanent victims of the oppression are desperate enough to do such acts for its people's freedom.
Roed Larsen changed, partly as a result of the Jewish reactions, the former policy of silence. UN can now report on war crimes from any part. When this new open policy of Roed Larsen backfired on Israel in Jenin, the outrage again spread through the Jewish world. The Israeli governement tried to destroy his mission. The moral seems to be that one shall report on Arabic war crimes, but not on Israeli ones. That is to me hypocrisy beyond belief.
Epilogue
When Israeli official spokesmen compare Terje Roed Larsen with our traitor Vidkun Quisling, they are far out of line. The Norwegian people convicted and executed Quisling for his war crimes. The Israelis made Ariel Sharon prime minister.
Terje Maröy is a Norwegian freelance journalist, working on war and conflict issues. He has also a variable military background as a paratrooper, company commander, military police officer and has served in UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura/Lebanon.
Monday, April 29 2002 @ 03:04 PM GMT By Terje Maröy For PalestineChronicle.com
A couple of years ago there was a massive outrage within the Isareli population as well as in Jewish communities throughout the world. UN personnel had seen and filmed some Israeli soldiers captured and mistreated by Lebanese guerillas.
Terje Roed Larsen made the UN release this information, according to Israeli claims. That was a breakthrough in UN policy. For two decades it would cost a UN soldier his job if he reported Israeli war crimes.
Several officers (myself among them) faced harsh consequences when they tried to forward criticism on Israeli acts in Lebanon and the occupied territories. Dozens of Norwegian UN soldiers have also committed suicide. According to Army researches several more have wished to do so. They felt guilt, according to psychiatrists within the Army's stress managing team, because they had to witness Israeli and SLA war crimes without having permission to protect the civilian victims. When even foreign witnesses react to Israeli war crimes by committing suicide, that show s the logic why the permanent victims of the oppression are desperate enough to do such acts for its people's freedom.
Roed Larsen changed, partly as a result of the Jewish reactions, the former policy of silence. UN can now report on war crimes from any part. When this new open policy of Roed Larsen backfired on Israel in Jenin, the outrage again spread through the Jewish world. The Israeli governement tried to destroy his mission. The moral seems to be that one shall report on Arabic war crimes, but not on Israeli ones. That is to me hypocrisy beyond belief.
Epilogue
When Israeli official spokesmen compare Terje Roed Larsen with our traitor Vidkun Quisling, they are far out of line. The Norwegian people convicted and executed Quisling for his war crimes. The Israelis made Ariel Sharon prime minister.
Terje Maröy is a Norwegian freelance journalist, working on war and conflict issues. He has also a variable military background as a paratrooper, company commander, military police officer and has served in UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura/Lebanon.
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"Episode Four
Songs of the Moon and Stars
Young Flint doesn't seem very taken with the turnip porridge, even though it is sweetened with honey. Well, Chert thinks, perhaps it's a mistake to expect one of the big folk to be feel the same way about root vegetables as we do. Since Opal has gone off to the vent of warm subterranean air behind Old Quarry Square to air the clothes she has washed, he takes pity on the lad and removes the bowl.
"You don't need to finish," he says. "We're going out, you and I."
The boy looks at him, neither interested nor disinterested. "Where?"
"The castle -- the inner keep."
Something moves across the child's face but he only rises easily from the low stool and trots out the door before Chert has gathered up his own things. Although he has only come down Wedge Road for the first time the night before, the boy turns unhesitatingly to the left. Chert is impressed with his memory. "You'd be right if we were going up, lad, but we're not. We're taking Funderling roads." The boy looks at him questioningly. "Going through the tunnels. It's faster for the way we're going. Besides, last night I wanted to show you a bit of what was aboveground -- now you get to see a bit more of what's down here."
They stroll down to the bottom of Wedge Road then along Beetle Way to Ore Street, which is wide and busy, full of carts and teams of diggers and cutters on their way to various tasks, peddlers bringing produce down from the markets in the castle above, honers and polishers crying their trades, and tribes of children on their way to guild schools. The day-lanterns are lit everywhere, and in a few places raw autumn sunlight streams down through holes in the great roof, turning the streets golden."
Enough said.
If you cool snagging a 1 percent desktop share domination then you must be a linux loser.
Tell me if unrenewable energy is in vogue, to whose advantage is this? Could this be to the advantage of the country with the most military spending in the world and the strongest economy? Dork.
Well the fact that they are not on the European continent and despite being the ancestors of assimiliated Balkan and Anatolian peoples they keep saying "My ancestors are from Central Asia," which obviously does not help their case.
The fact also that alot of their beliefs regarding politics are, unadultered fascism has alot to do with it to. This Turk in my high school was talking to me about Greek Cypriots and how they killed so many Turkish soldiers(Keep in mind he does not live in Turkey nor was he born there, so this makes it much sadder)! The audacity of some Turks. The Turkish special forces go in Kurdistan and oppress people and the Turkish mothers of these fascists protest in Istanbul about the "terrorists" who killed their son.
Turkish polticial beliefs are fascinating. It is like watching a soap opera. When one of their soldiers invades some foreign country like Cyprus they complain of Greeks defending themselves from invasion. They complain of Armenians who while being slaughtered managed to kill some Turkish soldiers. Turkish society is concerned too much with the murderer blaming the victims.
I got a question are there lots of other Austrians like you who know what is going on in Turkey? Or are they ignorant and think it is just like any other "European" country(if calling yourselves European was the only thing to being European, Turks would be the most European!)?
I am a Greek-American and lots of the stupider Americans think Greek and Armenians are fanatics for being pissed that Turks keep lying about the genocides Turks committed.
The Turks are so stupid they think that the world is run by the Armenian and Greek diasporas. 8 millions Greeks and 3 million Armenians running the world! We better notify the 5 billion other people that they are mere Armenian and Greek pawns!
Turkey tightens controls on the net
Savas Unsal: Worried he will be driven out of business
By Dorian Jones
in Istanbul
Controversial new controls on the internet in Turkey have provoked protests from websites which fear they may be driven out of existence.
The new measures are part of a new wide-ranging broadcasting law which place the internet under the same legislation as the rest of Turkey's
media for libel and an offence called "lying news".
Under the new law, websites could face having to be officially registered and send copies of their material to the authorities.
The measures have been condemned by much of the internet sector, from service providers to users, who warn that the whole future of the net in Turkey could be at stake.
Impact on internet sector
Savas Unsal, Managing Director of Superonline, Turkey's largest internet provider, is furious, describing it as a "dirty law".
"There's not going to be a certain direction, no freedom of speech and this is going to impact the local content and local hosting services and eventually the whole internet sector," he said.
"They might easily put me and my chairman out of business."
With around a million subscribers, Superonline has been part of the country's rapidly growing internet sector.
Many burgeoning Turkish internet websites carry criticism of ministers, including material newspapers dare not publish.
But Dr Oktay Vural, Minister of Transport and Communications, insists the measures are not intended to stiffle sites.
"There are no restrictions. It is only that there have been several things which have been forbidden by the law," he said.
"So if these actions were taken through the internet, then the regulations will cover for those actions only. We cannot be an eye in the chatrooms; that is not the aim of that law.
"Let's see what happens. I don't think it will affect the internet. I think time will show the truth," he said.
Media controls
The new law puts the internet under the control of Turkey's Supreme Radio and Television Board.
According to Savas Unsal, that opens the door to the internet facing the similar restrictions as the rest of the country's media.
"A judge can tell you to bring a copy of your website whenever you update it to be approved by the local authorities," he said.
The law is unclear what it actually covers. According to Fikret Ilkiz, media lawyer for the Turkish daily newspaper, Cumhuriyet, internet providers could be liable for prosecution for anything written, even in chatrooms.
He also argues that the notion of "lying news" is too ambiguous.
"The biggest problem is that the law is very unclear. The law forbids fake or lie news. But what is this?" he asked.
"The law doesn't define what it is. It just says it's forbidden. And this could apply to chatrooms.
"The way the law is now, it will be defined by many court cases. For now, there is great uncertainty. No one knows what is legal and what is not. It is chaos."
'Ambiguous law'
Reaching a definition of the law by court cases could well be an expensive process for internet providers and users, with fines of up to $195,000 for each offence.
But some critics of the law argue it is deliberately ambiguous. Much of Turkey's legislation governing the control of the media is characterised by catch all phrases.
" Now we believe that the internet, and computers in general, provide us with a second chance "
Halik Sahin, Bilgi University
The internet until now has been largely exempt from such legislation. Such freedom has allowed it to become a powerful forum for criticising
politicians.
Many journalists publish articles on the internet which neither television nor newspapers dare print, due in part to existing legislation.
The European Union, which Turkey aspires to join, has strongly condemned such legislation. This latest law has also drawn the ire of the EU, with officials calling for its repeal.
That could well happen because Turkey's President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has sent the law to the Constitutional Court, accusing it of breaching the constitution.
The court could take up to a year to make a ruling. In the meantime, the law remains in force.
Internet slowdown
The uncertainty created by the new legislation could prove most damaging of all to Turkey.
Professor Haluk Sahin, who teaches media studies at Istanbul's Bilgi University, warns that Turkey risks repeating the mistakes of the past
"A lot people in Turkey realize that Turkey must not make the mistake of 200 years ago," he says.
"Some 200 years ago, the Ottoman Empire missed the Industrial Revolution. Now, we believe that the internet, and computers in general, provide us with a second chance.
"A new train has arrived. Whether we embark on that train or not is up to us and the younger generations seem determined to do that.
"Unfortunately, the older generations and the politicians do not seem to be of the same mind," he said.
You can hear more about how Turkey is controlling the internet on the BBC World Service programme, Go Digital.
Turkey tightens controls on the net
Savas Unsal: Worried he will be driven out of business
By Dorian Jones
in Istanbul
Controversial new controls on the internet in Turkey have provoked protests from websites which fear they may be driven out of existence.
The new measures are part of a new wide-ranging broadcasting law which place the internet under the same legislation as the rest of Turkey's
media for libel and an offence called "lying news".
Under the new law, websites could face having to be officially registered and send copies of their material to the authorities.
The measures have been condemned by much of the internet sector, from service providers to users, who warn that the whole future of the net in Turkey could be at stake.
Impact on internet sector
Savas Unsal, Managing Director of Superonline, Turkey's largest internet provider, is furious, describing it as a "dirty law".
"There's not going to be a certain direction, no freedom of speech and this is going to impact the local content and local hosting services and eventually the whole internet sector," he said.
"They might easily put me and my chairman out of business."
With around a million subscribers, Superonline has been part of the country's rapidly growing internet sector.
Many burgeoning Turkish internet websites carry criticism of ministers, including material newspapers dare not publish.
But Dr Oktay Vural, Minister of Transport and Communications, insists the measures are not intended to stiffle sites.
"There are no restrictions. It is only that there have been several things which have been forbidden by the law," he said.
"So if these actions were taken through the internet, then the regulations will cover for those actions only. We cannot be an eye in the chatrooms; that is not the aim of that law.
"Let's see what happens. I don't think it will affect the internet. I think time will show the truth," he said.
Media controls
The new law puts the internet under the control of Turkey's Supreme Radio and Television Board.
According to Savas Unsal, that opens the door to the internet facing the similar restrictions as the rest of the country's media.
"A judge can tell you to bring a copy of your website whenever you update it to be approved by the local authorities," he said.
The law is unclear what it actually covers. According to Fikret Ilkiz, media lawyer for the Turkish daily newspaper, Cumhuriyet, internet providers could be liable for prosecution for anything written, even in chatrooms.
He also argues that the notion of "lying news" is too ambiguous.
"The biggest problem is that the law is very unclear. The law forbids fake or lie news. But what is this?" he asked.
"The law doesn't define what it is. It just says it's forbidden. And this could apply to chatrooms.
"The way the law is now, it will be defined by many court cases. For now, there is great uncertainty. No one knows what is legal and what is not. It is chaos."
'Ambiguous law'
Reaching a definition of the law by court cases could well be an expensive process for internet providers and users, with fines of up to $195,000 for each offence.
But some critics of the law argue it is deliberately ambiguous. Much of Turkey's legislation governing the control of the media is characterised by catch all phrases.
" Now we believe that the internet, and computers in general, provide us with a second chance "
Halik Sahin, Bilgi University
The internet until now has been largely exempt from such legislation. Such freedom has allowed it to become a powerful forum for criticising
politicians.
Many journalists publish articles on the internet which neither television nor newspapers dare print, due in part to existing legislation.
The European Union, which Turkey aspires to join, has strongly condemned such legislation. This latest law has also drawn the ire of the EU, with officials calling for its repeal.
That could well happen because Turkey's President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has sent the law to the Constitutional Court, accusing it of breaching the constitution.
The court could take up to a year to make a ruling. In the meantime, the law remains in force.
Internet slowdown
The uncertainty created by the new legislation could prove most damaging of all to Turkey.
Professor Haluk Sahin, who teaches media studies at Istanbul's Bilgi University, warns that Turkey risks repeating the mistakes of the past
"A lot people in Turkey realize that Turkey must not make the mistake of 200 years ago," he says.
"Some 200 years ago, the Ottoman Empire missed the Industrial Revolution. Now, we believe that the internet, and computers in general, provide us with a second chance.
"A new train has arrived. Whether we embark on that train or not is up to us and the younger generations seem determined to do that.
"Unfortunately, the older generations and the politicians do not seem to be of the same mind," he said.
You can hear more about how Turkey is controlling the internet on the BBC World Service programme, Go Digital.
Turkey tightens controls on the net
Savas Unsal: Worried he will be driven out of business
By Dorian Jones
in Istanbul
Controversial new controls on the internet in Turkey have provoked protests from websites which fear they may be driven out of existence.
The new measures are part of a new wide-ranging broadcasting law which place the internet under the same legislation as the rest of Turkey's
media for libel and an offence called "lying news".
Under the new law, websites could face having to be officially registered and send copies of their material to the authorities.
The measures have been condemned by much of the internet sector, from service providers to users, who warn that the whole future of the net in Turkey could be at stake.
Impact on internet sector
Savas Unsal, Managing Director of Superonline, Turkey's largest internet provider, is furious, describing it as a "dirty law".
"There's not going to be a certain direction, no freedom of speech and this is going to impact the local content and local hosting services and eventually the whole internet sector," he said.
"They might easily put me and my chairman out of business."
With around a million subscribers, Superonline has been part of the country's rapidly growing internet sector.
Many burgeoning Turkish internet websites carry criticism of ministers, including material newspapers dare not publish.
But Dr Oktay Vural, Minister of Transport and Communications, insists the measures are not intended to stiffle sites.
"There are no restrictions. It is only that there have been several things which have been forbidden by the law," he said.
"So if these actions were taken through the internet, then the regulations will cover for those actions only. We cannot be an eye in the chatrooms; that is not the aim of that law.
"Let's see what happens. I don't think it will affect the internet. I think time will show the truth," he said.
Media controls
The new law puts the internet under the control of Turkey's Supreme Radio and Television Board.
According to Savas Unsal, that opens the door to the internet facing the similar restrictions as the rest of the country's media.
"A judge can tell you to bring a copy of your website whenever you update it to be approved by the local authorities," he said.
The law is unclear what it actually covers. According to Fikret Ilkiz, media lawyer for the Turkish daily newspaper, Cumhuriyet, internet providers could be liable for prosecution for anything written, even in chatrooms.
He also argues that the notion of "lying news" is too ambiguous.
"The biggest problem is that the law is very unclear. The law forbids fake or lie news. But what is this?" he asked.
"The law doesn't define what it is. It just says it's forbidden. And this could apply to chatrooms.
"The way the law is now, it will be defined by many court cases. For now, there is great uncertainty. No one knows what is legal and what is not. It is chaos."
'Ambiguous law'
Reaching a definition of the law by court cases could well be an expensive process for internet providers and users, with fines of up to $195,000 for each offence.
But some critics of the law argue it is deliberately ambiguous. Much of Turkey's legislation governing the control of the media is characterised by catch all phrases.
" Now we believe that the internet, and computers in general, provide us with a second chance "
Halik Sahin, Bilgi University
The internet until now has been largely exempt from such legislation. Such freedom has allowed it to become a powerful forum for criticising
politicians.
Many journalists publish articles on the internet which neither television nor newspapers dare print, due in part to existing legislation.
The European Union, which Turkey aspires to join, has strongly condemned such legislation. This latest law has also drawn the ire of the EU, with officials calling for its repeal.
That could well happen because Turkey's President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has sent the law to the Constitutional Court, accusing it of breaching the constitution.
The court could take up to a year to make a ruling. In the meantime, the law remains in force.
Internet slowdown
The uncertainty created by the new legislation could prove most damaging of all to Turkey.
Professor Haluk Sahin, who teaches media studies at Istanbul's Bilgi University, warns that Turkey risks repeating the mistakes of the past
"A lot people in Turkey realize that Turkey must not make the mistake of 200 years ago," he says.
"Some 200 years ago, the Ottoman Empire missed the Industrial Revolution. Now, we believe that the internet, and computers in general, provide us with a second chance.
"A new train has arrived. Whether we embark on that train or not is up to us and the younger generations seem determined to do that.
"Unfortunately, the older generations and the politicians do not seem to be of the same mind," he said.
You can hear more about how Turkey is controlling the internet on the BBC World Service programme, Go Digital.
It is a travesty of the moderation system that the parent post has not been modded up.
P.S. I have a black and white cat that I will trade for a laser printer. She likes to rub up against people's legs when she is hungry but other than that she prints great.
Welcom to the Spectacle Commodity economy!
Turkey tightens controls on the net
Savas Unsal: Worried he will be driven out of business
By Dorian Jones
in Istanbul
Controversial new controls on the internet in Turkey have provoked protests from websites which fear they may be driven out of existence.
The new measures are part of a new wide-ranging broadcasting law which place the internet under the same legislation as the rest of Turkey's
media for libel and an offence called "lying news".
Under the new law, websites could face having to be officially registered and send copies of their material to the authorities.
The measures have been condemned by much of the internet sector, from service providers to users, who warn that the whole future of the net in Turkey could be at stake.
Impact on internet sector
Savas Unsal, Managing Director of Superonline, Turkey's largest internet provider, is furious, describing it as a "dirty law".
"There's not going to be a certain direction, no freedom of speech and this is going to impact the local content and local hosting services and eventually the whole internet sector," he said.
"They might easily put me and my chairman out of business."
With around a million subscribers, Superonline has been part of the country's rapidly growing internet sector.
Many burgeoning Turkish internet websites carry criticism of ministers, including material newspapers dare not publish.
But Dr Oktay Vural, Minister of Transport and Communications, insists the measures are not intended to stiffle sites.
"There are no restrictions. It is only that there have been several things which have been forbidden by the law," he said.
"So if these actions were taken through the internet, then the regulations will cover for those actions only. We cannot be an eye in the chatrooms; that is not the aim of that law.
"Let's see what happens. I don't think it will affect the internet. I think time will show the truth," he said.
Media controls
The new law puts the internet under the control of Turkey's Supreme Radio and Television Board.
According to Savas Unsal, that opens the door to the internet facing the similar restrictions as the rest of the country's media.
"A judge can tell you to bring a copy of your website whenever you update it to be approved by the local authorities," he said.
The law is unclear what it actually covers. According to Fikret Ilkiz, media lawyer for the Turkish daily newspaper, Cumhuriyet, internet providers could be liable for prosecution for anything written, even in chatrooms.
He also argues that the notion of "lying news" is too ambiguous.
"The biggest problem is that the law is very unclear. The law forbids fake or lie news. But what is this?" he asked.
"The law doesn't define what it is. It just says it's forbidden. And this could apply to chatrooms.
"The way the law is now, it will be defined by many court cases. For now, there is great uncertainty. No one knows what is legal and what is not. It is chaos."
'Ambiguous law'
Reaching a definition of the law by court cases could well be an expensive process for internet providers and users, with fines of up to $195,000 for each offence.
But some critics of the law argue it is deliberately ambiguous. Much of Turkey's legislation governing the control of the media is characterised by catch all phrases.
" Now we believe that the internet, and computers in general, provide us with a second chance "
Halik Sahin, Bilgi University
The internet until now has been largely exempt from such legislation. Such freedom has allowed it to become a powerful forum for criticising
politicians.
Many journalists publish articles on the internet which neither television nor newspapers dare print, due in part to existing legislation.
The European Union, which Turkey aspires to join, has strongly condemned such legislation. This latest law has also drawn the ire of the EU, with officials calling for its repeal.
That could well happen because Turkey's President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has sent the law to the Constitutional Court, accusing it of breaching the constitution.
The court could take up to a year to make a ruling. In the meantime, the law remains in force.
Internet slowdown
The uncertainty created by the new legislation could prove most damaging of all to Turkey.
Professor Haluk Sahin, who teaches media studies at Istanbul's Bilgi University, warns that Turkey risks repeating the mistakes of the past
"A lot people in Turkey realize that Turkey must not make the mistake of 200 years ago," he says.
"Some 200 years ago, the Ottoman Empire missed the Industrial Revolution. Now, we believe that the internet, and computers in general, provide us with a second chance.
"A new train has arrived. Whether we embark on that train or not is up to us and the younger generations seem determined to do that.
"Unfortunately, the older generations and the politicians do not seem to be of the same mind," he said.
You can hear more about how Turkey is controlling the internet on the BBC World Service programme, Go Digital.
Fuck you Marvel comics is much better than Tolkien and his bullshit. Stan Lee is the man.
Where did you copy and paste this from?
Punk sucks. Punk revival isn't cool you stupid fuck.
The bands are only in it for the bucks.
And if you don't believe me you're a schmuck.
But the trend will die out with any luck.
Yo Ho. Yo Ho.
Propaghandi, a message to you Propaghandi, a message to you Propaghandi.
Fuck you Propaghandi!
(Long live Crass. Quick death for Propasucki.)
Your an idiot. Half of the Russian economy is completely controlled by the mafia. Russia is a disaster area. Most Russians yearn for the old Soviet days.
He is speaking perfect 'merican.
The goal of school is not to teach but to make submissive and obedient. It is another step in the never ending path of innuring into a society where you will work for the profit of some capitalist whose house costs more than you will ever make in your whole life.
LFS is only an option if your time is a worthless commodity.
May 1st is a day of special significance. Its a day of worldwide solidarity. But why Mayday? What is its history?
Over a century ago the American Federation of Labour adopted a historic resolution which asserted that? eight hours shall constitute a legal days labour from and after May 1st, 1886?.All across America in the months prior to this resolution, workers in their
thousands were starting to struggle for a shorter
week. Skilled and unskilled, men and women, black and
white, immigrant and native were all fighting
together. Chicago was the main centre of agitation.
Over 300,000 workers came out on May 1st, and here
Mayday was born.
The Chicago anarchists considered that struggles for
reforms, like the eight hour day, were not enough in
themselves. They considered them as only one battle in
an ongoing class war that would only end by social
revolution. On May 1st, in Chicago, one half of the
McCormick Harvester Company came out on strike. Two
days later the police opened fire on the pickets,
killing one and wounding several more. Outraged, the
anarchists called a protest meeting at the Haymarket
for the next day.
Although the meeting was peaceful, a police column of
180 men moved in and ordered the meeting to disperse.
At that moment a bomb was thrown into the ranks of the
police, killing one and wounding about seventy others.
The police opened fire on the spectators, killing and
wounding many.
A reign of terror swept over Chicago. Eight men, all
anarchists and active union organisers, were blamed
and stood trial for murder. No proof was offered by
the state that any of the eight had anything to do
with the bomb.
In spite of world wide protest, four of the Haymarket
Martyrs were hanged. Half a million people lined the
funeral cortege and 20 000 crowded into the cemetery.
In 1893, the new Governor of Illinois made official
what the working class in Chicago and across the world
knew all along and pardoned the Martyrs because of
their obvious innocence and because ?the trial was not
fair?.
In 1889, the American delegation attending the
International Socialist congress in Paris proposed
that May 1st be adopted as a workers? holiday. This
was to commemorate working class struggle and the
?Martyrdom of the Chicago Eight?. Since then Mayday
has became a day for international solidarity, but has
also been used as a day of celebration by reformist
trade unions and authoritarian communist groups alike.
It is not surprising that the real history and meaning
of Mayday are hidden. If the anarchist ideas of the
Chicago Martyrs became better known and put back into
practice, the trade union bureaucrats and labour
politicians who run the labour movement would be out
of a job! The ?Chicago Idea? of the Martyrs shows that
there is a real, practical alternative to both the
present labour movement and the present system. That
idea is revolutionary anarchism.
Mayday, like the Labour movement itself, must be
rescued from all those with a vested interest in the
present system. Mayday must again be a day to remember
the past struggles of working class people and a day
to show solidarity with present struggles.
>From the pages of Resistance#11, regular monthly
bulletin of the Anarchist Federation Ireland. To read,
or download in PDF format, go to:
http://www.afireland.cjb.net
May Day is not for the authoritarians, idiot.
Israeli Hypocrisy and Norwegian Suiciders
Monday, April 29 2002 @ 03:04 PM GMT
By Terje Maröy
For PalestineChronicle.com
A couple of years ago there was a massive outrage within the Isareli population as well as in Jewish communities throughout the world. UN personnel had seen and filmed some Israeli soldiers captured and mistreated by Lebanese guerillas.
Terje Roed Larsen made the UN release this information, according to Israeli claims. That was a breakthrough in UN policy. For two decades it would cost a UN soldier his job if he reported Israeli war crimes.
Several officers (myself among them) faced harsh consequences when they tried to forward criticism on Israeli acts in Lebanon and the occupied territories. Dozens of Norwegian UN soldiers have also committed suicide. According to Army researches several more have wished to do so. They felt guilt, according to psychiatrists within the Army's stress managing team, because they had to witness Israeli and SLA war crimes without having permission to protect the civilian victims. When even foreign witnesses react to Israeli war crimes by committing suicide, that show s the logic why the permanent victims of the oppression are desperate enough to do such acts for its people's freedom.
Roed Larsen changed, partly as a result of the Jewish reactions, the former policy of silence. UN can now report on war crimes from any part. When this new open policy of Roed Larsen backfired on Israel in Jenin, the outrage again spread through the Jewish world. The Israeli governement tried to destroy his mission. The moral seems to be that one shall report on Arabic war crimes, but not on Israeli ones. That is to me hypocrisy beyond belief.
Epilogue
When Israeli official spokesmen compare Terje Roed Larsen with our traitor Vidkun Quisling, they are far out of line. The Norwegian people convicted and executed Quisling for his war crimes. The Israelis made Ariel Sharon prime minister.
Terje Maröy is a Norwegian freelance journalist, working on war and conflict issues. He has also a variable military background as a paratrooper, company commander, military police officer and has served in UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura/Lebanon.
Israeli Hypocrisy and Norwegian Suiciders
Monday, April 29 2002 @ 03:04 PM GMT
By Terje Maröy
For PalestineChronicle.com
A couple of years ago there was a massive outrage within the Isareli population as well as in Jewish communities throughout the world. UN personnel had seen and filmed some Israeli soldiers captured and mistreated by Lebanese guerillas.
Terje Roed Larsen made the UN release this information, according to Israeli claims. That was a breakthrough in UN policy. For two decades it would cost a UN soldier his job if he reported Israeli war crimes.
Several officers (myself among them) faced harsh consequences when they tried to forward criticism on Israeli acts in Lebanon and the occupied territories. Dozens of Norwegian UN soldiers have also committed suicide. According to Army researches several more have wished to do so. They felt guilt, according to psychiatrists within the Army's stress managing team, because they had to witness Israeli and SLA war crimes without having permission to protect the civilian victims. When even foreign witnesses react to Israeli war crimes by committing suicide, that show s the logic why the permanent victims of the oppression are desperate enough to do such acts for its people's freedom.
Roed Larsen changed, partly as a result of the Jewish reactions, the former policy of silence. UN can now report on war crimes from any part. When this new open policy of Roed Larsen backfired on Israel in Jenin, the outrage again spread through the Jewish world. The Israeli governement tried to destroy his mission. The moral seems to be that one shall report on Arabic war crimes, but not on Israeli ones. That is to me hypocrisy beyond belief.
Epilogue
When Israeli official spokesmen compare Terje Roed Larsen with our traitor Vidkun Quisling, they are far out of line. The Norwegian people convicted and executed Quisling for his war crimes. The Israelis made Ariel Sharon prime minister.
Terje Maröy is a Norwegian freelance journalist, working on war and conflict issues. He has also a variable military background as a paratrooper, company commander, military police officer and has served in UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura/Lebanon.
The people from your town are missing chromosomes and drinking from raw sewage, which explains your grammar.
As technology increases instead of us working less, the billionaires and millionaires just make even more. That is the reason.
Open up a book...