WSJ on Genoa

[Tom Walker]

The G8 leaders were eager to claim the moral high ground of being
"democratically elected." Perhaps instead of calling the Genoa police
actions political repression or police brutality, they could be referred to
as "democratic cleansing."

WSJ article concluded,


>Ms. Heigl now will resume work on her master's degree. Earlier this 
>year, she visited Peru to collect material for a thesis on the 
>collapse of democracy under Alberto Fujimori. She says her experience 
>in Genoa has given her a new appreciation of the fragility of civil 
>liberties: "I realize now I didn't have to go all the way to Peru to 
>do my studies."

Tom Walker
Bowen Island, BC
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