A perfect example what results produces Soros-infested 'civic education'
Respect for the dead? Decency? So nationalistic and old fashioned, pop up a beer and drink to Soros' values instead.
Posted on 07/07/2003 11:39:10 AM PDT by presidio9
No one can justify the actions of those who send out suicide bombers to kill innocent civilians.
The two women who struck at the rock festival in Tushino on Saturday may or may not have been driven by revenge, as was the widow of Chechen warlord Arbi Barayev, who joined the group that seized the Dubrovka theater last October.
Close relatives of rebels killed in fighting or civilians abused by federal servicemen in Chechnya are the easiest prey for those who plan such attacks. The attackers die while the organizers go on to recruit more volunteers to die on the streets of Russian cities.
We do not know whether the organizers really believe that suicide attacks will eventually force the Kremlin to withdraw forces from Chechnya or whether they have to prove their capabilities to their sponsors, as Russian authorities maintain.
Given President Vladimir Putin's decision to play hard ball with the Chechens who held hundreds captive at the theater, no one should expect the Kremlin to change its policy and begin negotiations with the rebels over the loss of a dozen innocent lives in a terrorist act.
And the grim truth is that people themselves are getting used to terrorist acts -- even if they are the first suicide bombings to hit Moscow and not some faraway town in the south.
Furthermore, there is no sign of any public outcry over either the performance of the law enforcement agencies or the abuses in Chechnya where the root of this tragedy lies.
The city authorities did not even cancel the concert after the blasts, saying they wanted to avoid a stampede by the 40,000 spectators.
However, given that the show went on for six more hours, one wonders whether people should have been encouraged to go safely home a bit more quickly.
Who could have guaranteed at that time that there were no more suicide bombers in the crowd? Did Mayor Yury Luzhkov really think that the threat of a stampede was more urgent and real than the possibility of another suicide attack? We don't know.
But what we do know is that many stayed on at Tushino to listen to the rock bands and drink beer even after learning about the suicide bombings, rather than show respect for the dead.
Such people should not expect the government to put the safety of its citizens first and foremost, if they can continue to party while nearby police scrape up the bodies of the dead.
Evidently the concert-goers must be taking lessons on funeral etiquette or respect for the dead from the Democrats.
Prairie
A perfect example what results produces Soros-infested 'civic education'
Respect for the dead? Decency? So nationalistic and old fashioned, pop up a beer and drink to Soros' values instead.
Since the dead did not include Jerry Garcia, or one of their other idols, and since none of their idols led them to show respect for the dead in any other fashion, why would they not continue to listen to the rock bands and drink beer even after learning about the suicide bombings ?
It is an apt expression of the rock cult, or if you insist culture.
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