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:: 1.23.2005 ::
:: "The Tyranny of Bush" ::
From Media Monitors Network
by Yamin Zakaria
"The proclamation to fight against tyranny is nothing more than declaring the US intention to further its domination of the world as Bush proclaimed: “The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands”.
“Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.”
-- C.S. Lewis
George Bush proclaimed his plan to fight tyranny during the inauguration speech but the crucial question is: who are the tyrants and the tyrannized. The problem with giving definition and elucidating is that everyone can be measured against it, which explains why terms like ‘terrorism’, ‘tyranny’ has remained vague; such words are usually invoked to denigrate the opponents of the US. It is only by clarifying the terms and debating its meaning a worldwide consensus can be achieved, forming common ideas and universal principles. Therefore, as a small contribution towards that process and a world that is increasingly becoming monopolized by a unipolar mass media let us look at some examples how the others view “tyranny”.
Read more here.
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