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Why don't you come in for a cup of tea?
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From
24/02/2011 10:24:47
Nicholas Mason
London
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24/02/2011 10:16:55
Charles Hankey
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Cleveland
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Ohio
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United States
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Why don't you come in for a cup of tea?
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>>>Thread title in this story: How the Chinese arrest activists:
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d4fcf4e6-3f6d-11e0-a1ba-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1Esjc4sPd
>>>China charges subversion for protest repostings
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_PROTEST_CALLS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-02-23-09-57-13
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>>>Saudi Arabia goes on the offensive the $ way:
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b02f1ffa-3f62-11e0-8e48-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1Esjc4sPd
>>>
>>>Greek riots:
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110223/D9LIG4900.html
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>>>Protesting in India:
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12549050
>>>
>>>Gadhafi forces strike back at revolt near Tripoli
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110224/D9LJ5BQ80.html
>>>Qaeda sets up "Islamic Emirate", Libya deputy FM says
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http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/02/23/138957.html
>>>Violence in Libya:
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-24/egyptians-fleeing-libya-tell-of-massacre-after-qaddafi-hits-back-at-rebels.html
>>>Obama's speech on Libya yesterday:
>>>
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/24/us/politics/24obama-statement-libya.html
>>>
>>>The irony of this is just amazing:
>>>Ahmadinejad: Mideast leaders should heed calls for change
>>>
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/02/23/iran.mideast.unrest/index.html?eref=edition
>>
>>
>>Get to work Holzer.
>>
>>BTW as we describe massacres in the east.
>>
>>Its not so many years since the parachute regiment shot 26 people demonstrating against the government of the day killing 13 of them in sunny Northern Ireland and your own national guard killed a few people at Kent State. So maybe we should back off the high moral ground for a bit.
>>
>>Underneath it all the main difference between us and them is a thin veneer of civilisation.
>
>I think it is stretching moral relativism to the limits to compare Kent State or even Bloody Sunday with Libya. Bullying use of state power is deplorable wherever it is found, but there are lot more differences in the societies, governments and cultures involved than that specifics of particular incidents of chaos.
I in no way condone thebehaviour of the Libyan or Bahrian governments but its to easy to assume that over there is bad and we are good. Its greyer than that.
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