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[quote][b]hedda wrote:[/b]
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I have a very nice Chilean lady friend in Sydney whose 2 brothers disappeared  off the face of the Earth during Pinochet's rule- you can explain your reasons to her if you like. :dry:[/quote]

One of my favourite singer songwriters of all time is Victor Jara. A man with a beautiful heart who wrote and sang songs of empathy and compassion with those who lived in extreme poverty in Chile. He was brutally murdered along with 5,000 others after being held prisoner in the most appalling conditions in the Chile Stadium following Pincohet's US backed coup.

Here is an excerpt from a poem that he wrote while awaiting torture. It was found after his death. He was so badly beaten that his English wife Joan could only identify him from the colour of his underpants.

[i]There are five thousand of us here
in this small part of the city
We are five thousand
I wonder how many we are in all
in the cities and the whole country?
Here alone
are ten thousand hands which plant seeds
and make factories run

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Six of us were lost
as if into starry space.
One dead, another beaten as I could never have believed
a human being could be beaten
The other four wanted to end their terror-
one jumping into nothingness
another beating his head against a wall
but all with the fixed stare of death.
What horror the face of Fascism creates!

They carry out their plans with knife-like precision.
Nothing matters to them
To them, blood equals medals,
slaughter is an act of heroism.
Oh God, is this the world you created,
for this your seven days of wonder and work?

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How hard it is to sing
when I must sing of horror.
Horror which I am living,
horror in which I am dying.[/i]

Victor Jara (1932- 19730[/quote]

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david	hedda wrote: I have a very nice Chilean lady friend in Sydney whose 2 brothers disappeared off the face of the Earth during Pinochet's rule- you can explain your reasons to her if you like. One of my favourite singer songwriters of all time is Victor Jara. A man with a beautiful heart who wrote and sang songs of empathy and compassion with those who lived in extreme poverty in Chile. He was brutally murdered along with 5,000 others after being held prisoner in the most appalling conditions in the Chile Stadium following Pincohet's US backed coup. Here is an excerpt from a poem that he wrote while awaiting torture. It was found after his death. He was so badly beaten that his English wife Joan could only identify him from the colour of his underpants. There are five thousand of us here in this small part of the city We are five thousand I wonder how many we are in all in the cities and the whole country? Here alone are ten thousand hands which plant seeds and make factories run ------------ Six of us were lost as if into starry space. One dead, another beaten as I could never have believed a human being could be beaten The other four wanted to end their terror- one jumping into nothingness another beating his head against a wall but all with the fixed stare of death. What horror the face of Fascism creates! They carry out their plans with knife-like precision. Nothing matters to them To them, blood equals medals, slaughter is an act of heroism. Oh God, is this the world you created, for this your seven days of wonder and work? ---------- How hard it is to sing when I must sing of horror. Horror which I am living, horror in which I am dying. Victor Jara (1932- 19730
Pattaya	hedda wrote: Pattaya wrote: From my own personal experience I think Phelps had a point.The better of two evils? I have a very nice Chilean lady friend in Sydney whose 2 brothers disappeared off the face of the Earth during Pinochet's rule- you can explain your reasons to her if you like. I've been to Cambodia many times,20% of the population died under Commie Pot! By comparison Pinochit was a 'babe in arms. As I said,evils both,just a matter of degrees.
hedda	Pattaya wrote: From my own personal experience I think Phelps had a point.The better of two evils? I have a very nice Chilean lady friend in Sydney whose 2 brothers disappeared off the face of the Earth during Pinochet's rule- you can explain your reasons to her if you like.
Pattaya	hedda wrote: don't be naughty..not ITK but UK born Tony Abbott the new PM in Oz : ‘Australia has elected a bigoted airhead to drag them backwards into mean prejudice and vainglorious chauvinism.’..Paul Flynn MP for Newport West UK. www.independentaustralia.net/2013/politi...by-abbott-australia/ Meanwhile Liberal ( Tory) MP Peter Phelps in NSW Upper House praise General Pinochet on the 40th anniversary of coup against democratically elected Allende government...."General Pinochet was a reluctant hero, a morally courageous man," www.smh.com.au/nsw/premier-barry-ofarrel...-20130912-2tnem.html From my own personal experience I think Phelps had a point.The better of two evils? Oh and I leave you to the wrath of Mrs ITK for insinuation against her other half
hedda	don't be naughty..not ITK but UK born Tony Abbott the new PM in Oz : ‘Australia has elected a bigoted airhead to drag them backwards into mean prejudice and vainglorious chauvinism.’..Paul Flynn MP for Newport West UK. www.independentaustralia.net/2013/politi...by-abbott-australia/ Meanwhile Liberal ( Tory) MP Peter Phelps in NSW Upper House praise General Pinochet on the 40th anniversary of coup against democratically elected Allende government...."General Pinochet was a reluctant hero, a morally courageous man," www.smh.com.au/nsw/premier-barry-ofarrel...-20130912-2tnem.html