Rushdie - The Trouble With Religion

[Otto]

I'm not at all in a position to judge that case but seeing those "pro
life"-activists exploiting the case is very appalling.

"Today millions of Americans are saddened by the death of Terri Schiavo. ...
I urge all those who honor Terri Schiavo to continue to work to build a
culture of life where all Americans are welcomed and valued and protected."

When I hear President Bush's words of today there are two things that come
to my mind immediately:

1. The proposed "culture of life" only seems to be meant for Americans.
2. People convicted as murderers who have been sentenced to death are no
Americans anymore thus they may be killed.

How many people Bush has put to death when he was governor of Texas?

"In his Republican presidential campaign, Gov. George W. Bush, a strong
proponent of "swift and sure" capital punishment, has repeatedly said he is
"absolutely confident" that Texas's death penalty system works fairly. (...)
Since Jan. 17, 1995, the day Bush took office, 127 prisoners have been put
to death in Texas, an average of one execution every two weeks for 5 1/2
years."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A52193-2000May11&notFound=true

Otto

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Henry Musikar" <hmusikar at speakeasy.net>
To: "'Pynchon Liste'" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 9:32 PM
Subject: RE: Rushdie - The Trouble With Religion


> Thanks, Otto.  Great piece and it couldn't be timelier, with Bush and the
> USA congress trying to interfere with the decision of the husband of a
> brain-dead Florida woman to have her physicians remove her "heroic" life
> support and let her die.
>
> I've sent the article to many people.
>
> Henry Mu
>
> How good bad music and bad reasons sound when we march against an enemy --
> Nietzsche.  So...
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