[lbo-talk] Benazir Bhutto reportedly assasinated in a suicide bomb attack

Chuck chuck at mutualaid.org
Thu Dec 27 09:58:22 PST 2007


John Thornton wrote:


> This must be the most disgusting post I've read here in some time.
> How often do the murders of other humans bring you joy?
> I am personally ambivalent about her as a politician but as a human I
> find no beauty in her senseless death.

I'm glad that my comments disturb you, because if you are saddened by the death of a world leader, then you should hear more comments from people like myself. I feel no reason to apologize for my comments. I'm sick and tired of this mourning for world leaders, when few people weep over their victims. Shit, MSNBC this morning took the cake with some idiotic segment about how Bhutto's assassination would affect the U.S. presidential debates tonight. At least Fox News was staying true to form and inflating fears about nuclear weapons.

The murder of another human being does not bring me any joy, but people who are leaders of countries are not normal human beings in my book. They have made a choice to take that kind of power and they bear full responsibility for the shit their state does to people when they are in office. States are enemies of human freedom.

The sad thing about Bhutto's assassination is that a new round of politicians will take power in Pakistan and thus make living miserable for millions of Pakistanis.


> While one might feel the loss of despotic ruler is a good thing because
> it ends the suffer of others I am aware of no suffering that will end
> with Bhutto's murder.
> Quite the opposite I am afraid.
> Why is that good news?

It's good news whenever a world leader dies, or is killed or assassinated. Now, if we could set up a world without world leaders, many more people could walk around freely and fully enjoy their lives.

Chuck



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