Freedom, huh?
Jan. 24th, 2005 03:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselking[Quote]
It's amazing how as things get worse, you begin to require less and less. We have a saying for that in Iraq, "Ili yishoof il mawt, yirdha bil iskhooneh." Which means, "If you see death, you settle for a fever." We've given up on democracy, security and even electricity. Just bring back the water.
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Baghdad has no running water, and residents are being told that they must vote (and given pamphlets about who to vote for) or their food will be cut off. Oh, and the hospitals are saying "Cholera isn't a problem yet"
Speaking of their food being cut off, farmers in Iraq are being told that they are not allowed to save seed to plant food because Monsanto has patented the seeds they've used for millenia.
It's amazing how as things get worse, you begin to require less and less. We have a saying for that in Iraq, "Ili yishoof il mawt, yirdha bil iskhooneh." Which means, "If you see death, you settle for a fever." We've given up on democracy, security and even electricity. Just bring back the water.
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Baghdad has no running water, and residents are being told that they must vote (and given pamphlets about who to vote for) or their food will be cut off. Oh, and the hospitals are saying "Cholera isn't a problem yet"
Speaking of their food being cut off, farmers in Iraq are being told that they are not allowed to save seed to plant food because Monsanto has patented the seeds they've used for millenia.
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Date: 2005-01-24 09:19 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-01-24 09:25 pm (UTC)