On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, MG forwarded from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Open letter to all the people active in '68 who today have the power to decide
> between war and peace
>
> The war that is being fought in Kosovo has been conceived and launched in the
> name of the ideals of '68.
This should read "...in the perversion of the ideals of '68."
> The leading cultural, political, even military
> powers that decided to resort to war are all children of '68: Joshka Fischer,
> Gerard Schroeder, Dani Cohn Bendit, Jorge Solanas, William Clark and even
> Clinton himself.
Actually, they are children of '68 who have badly betrayed the '68 ideals
in order to come to power. Their "march through the institutions" was in fact
a "march through the illusions". A critical biography on Joshka Fischer, for
instance, says:
"The most striking characteristic of JF is his adaptability. External
conditions have formed his life much more than own convictions. Within
a decade, the vague ideas of a better world, that he had inherited from
the '68-movement, were replaced by a deep resignation, after which his
concern about his personal career drove out all ideals."
...
"JF's 'renewal' consisted of his personality's atrophy during his adaption
to the present political establishment. The talents that he used were a
certain slyness, a polished mouth and a fair amount of unscrupulousness.
But most of all, he benefitted from the absence of any backbone. This
seems to be the reason why the professionals in the Foreign Office have
accepted JF as the new foreign minister."
...
"One thing is for sure: Concern for the environment was the least reason
for JF to join the Green party. Anti-violence and pacifism also played a
subordinated role in his history. And the ideas of radical democracy within
the organisation were seen as obstacles by him."
...
"The following years on and off various gov'ts were characterized by the
victory of JF's 'realo' wing over the Green 'fundamentalists' wing. The
run towards power, at the cost of Green principles, was the 'Leitmotiv'
of JF's political career. A man without principles but with an instinct
for political power. He owes his rise to the fall of the '68 movement."
> Paul Watzklawicz, an expert in pragmatic communication disturbances, maintains
> that the best way to resolve an international or interethnic conflict is to
> close the leaders of both sides in a room and to have them perform a purely
> linguistic exercise. Both of them must recite to the other, the others
> grievances and motives and the exercise can only be concluded when they have
> both realised that the other is actually outlining their own point of view.
Closing Bill and Monica "in a room and to have them perform a purely
linguistic exercise" (well, oral anyway) **undisturbed by Kenneth et al.**
could have prevented even more grievances and invasions/bombings to distract
from them...
> Of all the probable solutions for the next century, the one that puts the
> American government in control seems to me to be the least dangerous. The
> United States is a society that has learnt more than any other how to
> assimilate ethnical and technological complexities.
They're better than the Borg at assimilating other cultures, yes.
> The decisive factor of this war is humanitarian fanaticism indifferent to
> the consequences of its actions.
Yeah, the unnecessary use of tons of radioactive Depleted Uranium and the
bombing of civilians was the climax of humanitarian fanaticism...
> (after all, what is a nation, if it is
> not an entity that defines itself on the basis of its own aggression?).
Right, especially true for imperialist nations such as the U$.
> I have
> been persecuted by communists to a much greater extent than the Parisian
> intellectuals who are at present preaching the gospel of a sacred crusade
> against the evils of communism.
Poor thing. Seems your mind got pretty confused from all this persecution,
considering the wild contradictions in the rest of your pamphlet...
Get well,
Chris
