"We got him"
I cannot believe that capital punishment can and will be imposed in 2006 when Saddam Hussein will be hung for crimes against humanity. The Iraqi people have been through hell at the hands of an enemy within and without . Does the coalition really believe that it has brought peace to a country on the verge of civil war? According to Sky News, the trial brings "catharsis" for the Iraqi people. While in Nebraska, where George Bush is due to appear, U2's "It's a beautiful Day" booms out to an elated crowd, the Sun and Sky News show us images of an elated Iraqi people while the Telegraph tell us of clashes between armed civilians and police.
In an article in The Guardian over the weekend Sir Tim Berners-Lee talks about his fear that the web is becoming a "bad phenomena" as little can be done to regulate it. This worries me. He is concerned that blogging can be too heavily relied on and people can trust the wrong information. Blogging is dangerous as it gives people the freedom of speech in a way never seen before. We are able to express our opinion so that anyone and everyone can see it and judge it for themselves. Isn't it an elitist view to say that someone should regulate our opinions and presumptuous to say that people are not intelligent enough to be able to make up their own minds? How dangerous, for example, if we could only hear the elite's views on Iraq.
(Please also see Kathy Rowsome's take on this by clicking on her blog)
In an article in The Guardian over the weekend Sir Tim Berners-Lee talks about his fear that the web is becoming a "bad phenomena" as little can be done to regulate it. This worries me. He is concerned that blogging can be too heavily relied on and people can trust the wrong information. Blogging is dangerous as it gives people the freedom of speech in a way never seen before. We are able to express our opinion so that anyone and everyone can see it and judge it for themselves. Isn't it an elitist view to say that someone should regulate our opinions and presumptuous to say that people are not intelligent enough to be able to make up their own minds? How dangerous, for example, if we could only hear the elite's views on Iraq.
(Please also see Kathy Rowsome's take on this by clicking on her blog)
posted by Mary-Ann at 9:42 pm
3 Comments:
Nice one of the tip, I shall check her out..in literary terms.
its the charge of 'crimes against humanity' that gets me. i'm not saying that saddam should get away with the crimes he has committed, but if we think about how many iraqi civillians have died as a result of the allied forces invasion, shouldn't geoge bush and tony blair be on trial as well?
just a thought...
Thanks for your comment Roz. That's what I think is so wrong about all of this. Who will really be able to bring justice to the Iraqi people? The papers' stance on all of this is incredibly important as it can set the tone for the whole country. Just think of the Sun's puul-out so that everyone can hang Saddam!
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