FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Fwd: Chris Hedges -- Celebrating Slaughter

[Robert Tapp (tappx001]

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> From: Robert Tapp <tappx001 [at] umn.edu>
> Date: October 5, 2009 6:25:42 PM CDT
> To: Humanist Institute Discussion List <hidisc [at] humanistinstitute.org>
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> Hedges continues his tough, courageous journalism with today's  
> truthdig post.
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> http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091005_celebrating_slaughter_war_and_collective_amnesia/
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> And if you missed Ron Susskind interviewing Hedges on BookTV on his  
> latest book, here's the link. Note that it will be re-showing this  
> coming weekend if you prefer watching on a larger screen.
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> http://www.booktv.org/Program/10883/After+Words+Chris+Hedges+Empire+of+Illusion+Interviewed+by+Ron+Suskind.aspx
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> As we watch the president and his party getting mired in Bush's  
> wars, humanists would do well to rent the very powerful movie Battle  
> for Haditha that reminds us of war's violence on all sides and some  
> of the continuing effects. Too few on MSM are saying the obvious --  
> that our (and Israel's) continuing military occupations of lands is  
> the best recruiting tool that al Qaida could have been given!
>
> Let us keep reminding our neighbors and politicians of the thing  
> Obama said to schoolchildren. WE should be shouting this! (from Tom  
> Chivers' story in the UK Telegraph Oct. 2:
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> > Gandhi’s birthday, or Gandhi Jayanti, is celebrated every year as  
> > the International Day of Non-Violence. The Mahatma, who was born on  
> > 2 October 1869, would have turned 140 this year.
> > Mr Obama said: "Gandhi's teachings and ideals, shared with Martin  
> > Luther King Jr. on his 1959 pilgrimage to India, transformed  
> > American society through our civil rights movement.
> >
> > Related Articles
> > Google puts Gandhi on logo
> > India bans 'Nehru and Mountbatten love scenes' from film
> > Montblanc unveils Mahatma Gandhi fountain pen
> > Priyanka Gandhi signals intention to enter politics in India
> > Film reignites Indian passions over Mountbatten affair
> > "The America of today has its roots in the India of Mahatma Gandhi  
> > and the nonviolent social action movement for Indian independence  
> > which he led.
> > "We must renew our commitment to live his ideals and to celebrate  
> > the dignity of all human beings."
> > The praise comes a month after Mr Obama said that Gandhi would be  
> > his ideal dinner guest. Speaking to pupils at Wakefield High School  
> > in Arlington, Virginia, he was asked what person, alive or dead, he  
> > would like to dine with.
> > He said: “I think it might be (Mahatma) Gandhi, who’s a real hero  
> > of mine.
> > “It would probably be a really small meal because he didn’t eat a  
> > lot.”
> > The President has been given a book of Gandhi quotes to mark the  
> > anniversary. The author of Quotes of Gandhi, Shalu Bhalla, had a  
> > copy of the book delivered to Mr Obama after she heard about his  
> > comments at Wakefield.
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> Bob