[Nettime-bold] Re: <nettime> It's the law!-Or is it the money?

["Ivo Skoric" <ivo@reporters.net>]

Bush daughters, caught twice for underaged drinking, got a clean 
record after doing 8 hours of community service, attending anti-
drinking classes and paying $100 fine. $100 is nothing for them, 
but it might be a lot for somebody making $6 an hour...

Again, this is just a silly, minor example of how the rule of law may 
convey injustice. It is this feeling of injustice and the feeling of 
helplessness to prevent that injustice, that breeds anger, rage and 
hate, and ultimately it breaks out in irreversible acts of horrific 
terrorism. It is true that Palestinians were and still are victims at 
the hands of the world. And the routes for them to obtain redress 
are clogged on purpose for a long time. So, for a quite a while they 
resort to terrorism, including suicidal terrorism.

Of course, nobody quite expected such a massive, well co-
ordinated and, unfortunately, highly succesfull attack on the land of 
the law, such as happened this morning. September 11th will 
perhaps be remembered in the world's history, because I can't 
imagine world ever be the same after today in regards to fighting 
terrorism. I am obviously afraid that citizens will have to put up with 
even more curtailing of their freedoms to assure their safety. 
Because - how could terrorists simultaneously hijack four large 
airliners at four different airports with such a tight security as it is in 
the U.S.? And the precision with which the planes hit the targets 
suggests use of suicide pilots.

I guess, Manhattanites may understand this morning how 
Sarajevans felt in 1994 - all bridges and tunnels to New York city 
are closed, the underground public transportation is shut down, my 
telephone gets dial-tone only sporadically, cell phone service went 
down with the two largest buildings in the city that collapsed after 
being hit by hijacked passenger airplanes. The bomb threats are 
still in the air. Hospitals in the city are overwhelmed with hundreds, 
thousands of injured. All airports in the U.S. are closed down. All 
trade exchanges are closed down. UN, World Bank, Capitol, White 
House, Treasury, State Department and Pentagon (that was also 
hit and badly damaged) are evacuated. American arrogance is 
most definitely humlbed.

The war has never been that close to the U.S. since their 
Declaration of Independence. And the Space Shield would do 
absolutely nothing to protect the U.S. from such an attack that 
came from inside and was executed by the tools of American 
corporate business, used against the symbols of American 
economic and military might. New York is never going to be the 
same - I am sending you the picture with the WTC twin towers - 
you try to imagine the picture without them - it is like Mostar 
without the Old Bridge. And, I guess, my mom who is coming to 
visit me in November, will not be able to get on top of them to get 
the view of the city.

Stay at home or at your place of business. If you are on the street - 
walk straight North. That's for now from mayor Giuliani.

ivo
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