Re: The Economics Of Starvation

Alexy:

What do you want from me?  I've condemned the Ethiopian government at least
as intensely as you did!  Do I have to pledge allegiance to the Eritrean
flag to satisfy you?  Do you deny the political prisoners in Eritrea? I know
of Ethiopians who have been terrorized by the current government of
Ethiopia. I also know of Eritreans who struggled for independence and today
have contempt for their current government. This is only "anecdotal" of
course, but there is plenty of other evidence of political repression in
Eritrea. That's the only point I was making....don't try to "race bait"
me....you don't know anything about me.

Alan Spector

P.S. -- apologies to the WSN list for carrying on this dialogue in public.
I've made myself as clear as possible on this point and won't respond again
unless something truly outrageous necessitates it.



-----Original Message-----
From: alexy2k gerard <alexandragerard@hotmail.com>
To: WORLD SYSTEMS NETWORK <wsn@csf.colorado.edu>
Date: Sunday, April 16, 2000 10:27 PM
Subject: Re: The Economics Of Starvation


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>Alan Wrote
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>The Eritrean leadership and the
>>TPLF leadership that runs Ethiopia today were closer than brothers for
>>years.
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>Are you sure about that?  If so, would you care to enlighten us on the
>nature of that more than brotherhood?
>
>And then perhaps  I could  document and tell the members of this list about
>the nature of that relationship.  I have a very different understanding of
>the history of that relationship if anyone cares to know.
>
>>Alan  also writes:
>>And keep in mind that news reporters are not necessarily "objective"
>>analysts of every situation.
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>I have never known the AFP to be biased in favor of Eritrea and they are
>quoting diplomats and World Bank employees.  If anything, the Western media
>had done it's best to frustrate the struggle of the people of eritrea for
>self determination and yes it was a struggle for self determination.  And
>there are nationalisms and nationalisms and nationalisms...  I would not
>lump all nationalisms in one basket!
>And I'm not an apologist for the Eritrean government or anyone but at the
>same time I cannot tolerate lazy and sweeping misrepresentations.
>I gave you evidence of the Eritrean government's/ peoples superior,
>efficient,  hard work to become food self-sufficient and not to tolerate
>starvation of its people.  You conveniently ignored that and instead
>questioned the objectivity of the source.  I hate to disappoint you Alan
but
>it is true that things work in eritrea.  And that is why, the West cannot
>tolerate these "black" people.  They don't fit the patronizing image the
>West has for Africa and Africans.  They are a dangerous example of relative
>self-reliance that need to be disciplined.  And the so called border war
and
>the tacit support for Ethiopia from the WEST/U.S. is part of the effort to
>break and interrupt this experiment.
>
>Alexy
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