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ron andreas

    • 05 Jan 09
    • 5:33 pm

    "In Pakistan, the fighting ranges from communal violence and state repression, to attacks against India" With this statement, Frida presupposes that the BJP Hindu Rightwing seperatist party claims that Pakistan attacked India in Mumbai are proven facts, a dubious thesis. Remember that not even the FBI will support this assertion. If another writer were to take this action I would likely interpret warmongering motives. I am at a loss to explain Frida's participation in the promotion or rationalisation of ongoing aggression on Pakitan.

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    • 10 Jan 09
    • 3:14 pm

    A better idea? Yes, genuine peace is achieved through mutual disarmament not unilateral disarmament. Of course supremacists are looking for a different sort of "peace", something that most of us would describe as subjugation. Real peace is generally concurrent with justice, to identify those who seek peace we need to find those who strive for justice. Those who promote disarming the weak in the absence of justice serve only the cause of violence.

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