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8687: Re: 8661: Re: 8655: Slobodan Milosevic and Aristide (fwd)
From: LAKAT47@aol.com
In a message dated 07/12/2001 10:13:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Michael
Deibert <michael_deibert@hotmail.com>writes:
<< Also, perhaps the real worrisome aspect about President Aristide's
declaration on the zenglendo problem, is just such a possible ramification
of the above, i.e. that, historically, when talking about summary justice,
one man's "zenglendo" was in another time another man's "communist" or yet
another's "radical." Criminals should be punished and taken out of
commission, yet often in the Third World having one or the other epithet
hurled out you meant a one-way ticket to the bone yard. >>
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A Zenglendo is nothing more than a vicious criminal, preying on anyone who
seems like they might be carrying cash, or who has something they want, such
as a nice car. We are not talking about politically motivated crimes or
people who might be vocally critical against a regime. We are talking about
cold-blooded killers. People who rob you and when you cooperate, they kill
you anyway. (Dead men tell no tales...) How does this compare to pogroms or
Communist bashing? If a person is SUSPECTED of being a Zenglendo, they do
not die on the spot. They probably get watched and then they feel threatened
and know that it would be bad for their health to commit crimes against the
people. Peer pressure can be very effective. The day will come when the
criminal justice system will work the way it should. Right now, and I
repeat, it is better for bad people to be afraid than it is for good people
to be afraid.
Kathy Dorce~