[MD] Barbarian attack

[Platt Holden]

Hi Rebecca,
 
> I´ve been scanning the MD for the last couple of months while on
> vacation and this thread caught my eye - especially now.  I happen to be
> sitting in an internet cafe in the middle of Ocosingo, Chiapas, Mexico. 
> It´s one of the towns that the rebel Zapatista army ¨captured¨ in 1994. 
> It´s interesting to see what people will die for, and why.  If a man
> just bombed your house, killed your children and left you nothing to
> live for, you will fight with the ferocity of one who has nothing to
> lose.  This happened in Chiapas, it happens in the Middle East and all
> over the world.  It mostly happens for big corporate interests in the
> name of the west - these two things should not be confused, but often
> are.  They are sometimes connected, but not the same thing. I guess I
> just want to point out that there is a difference between the criminal
> and the saviour and we may not know until after the smoke clears who is
> whom.

I think the MOQ helps sort out the difference between the criminal and 
the savior, don't you?

Regards,
Platt