I came to think again today of what the educated is capable of doing. The world would be better if more people had access to high education, it is said. However, the evidence available is, at least, contradictory and confusing: in many occasions are precisely guys leading remarkable lives of achievement, education and social caressing who commit the most unacceptable and atrocious crimes.
The last example I learned today: Umar Faruk Abdulmutallab. He must be 23 or 24 years old now. Studied engineering with business finance at UCL, graduated in 2008, started some studies in Dubai and a course on Arabic language in Yemen. And yet he is awaiting trial in the States for his attempt to blow a plain in Detroit on Christmas Day in 2009.
The suggestions that to the UCL Council by an independent panel can be found here (I shall read it sometime):
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/caldicott-enquiry/caldicottreport.pdf
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The review of London Bombings yesterday made me sad, and sadly remember the bombings in Spain in 2004. The dimensions of the terror were far larger than those in London (192 dead, over 1500 injured and mutilated, 12 different blast locations) but, still, we don't know who did it, with what purpose, on the grounds of what. Yea, of course, Al-Qaeda, the war on Iraq, that's the official version, bullshit. The truth is we don't know, that the case is filled with irregularities and that during the trials, well-known people with high responsibilities lied and committed perjury. Still, many would not believe that, in fact, don't believe that. And time goes on and on and on. And Lady Justice is still to come. What a shame!
The names of the assassins in London are known very, very well, and so are the details of their private lives (Khan's wife miscarry, for instance, what a story!). None is known about the killers in Madrid. Out of the dozens of arrests that promptly followed the bombings, only 3 remain now in prison and, condemned to many thousands of years, the evidence against them is very weak. It really was a coup-d'Etat. Aznar's Administration was wiped out. The Spanish troops removed from Irak at once. Today, PSOE's government is likely to be the worst in history, and has brought Spanish society to crisis, uncertain future and discouragement. The troops are kept in Afghanistan. Not a single Spanish soldier was killed in Irak; the number of casualties in Afghanistan is about 100 (over several years, that's true).
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The moral key point of the war on terror is the recognition and respect towards its victims. If I had to tell only one human story from the bombings in Madrid, I would not know. Yes, it is written somewhere, I know, but the truth is nobody remembers already. Nobody! That makes me tremendously sad and upset. Anytime I drove Carlos V Square, next to Atocha Station, I got mad with anger. If you go there, find, I repeat, find the ridiculous monument to the victims: a stupid cylindrical piece of plastic or something.
Last thing: Spain has been suffering from ETA terrorism for more than 40 years (the first killing was in 1968). Do not get twisted: the problem is simple and the simpler it gets, the more terrible. ETA is just a gang of coward murderers. Their claims are misleading and untrue. Their actions, atrocious. There is almost no similarity between its case and that of IRA, despite common talking in European media.
A great demonstration is expected this Saturday at 5 pm in Madrid. Try to follow it and I will try to comment a little more sometime next week, if I feel like to.
I gotta go now.
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