I watched a documentary on the Mau Mau uprising, and the same kind of racist, intolerant and self-serving rhetoric that the Israelis use against the Palestinians, the Americans use against the Iraqis and Saudis, the British against the Irish was used against the Kikuyu freedom fighters: 'savages', 'barbarians', 'destroyers of civilisation, culture and everything we hold sacred', 'unChristian'...
It just powerfully reminded me of the sacrifices that those brave men and women made to gain independence, and of the corrupting and perverse nature of political power.
What is the difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter?
posted by WM @ 19:28
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