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From: mjk@tty3b.UUCP (Mike Kelly)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: What Would You Do?
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Date: Sun, 12-Feb-84 14:10:37 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 12 14:10:37 1984
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Imagine the following situation (directed at Americans):

	- The U.S. Army has seized control of the government.
	- There is a curfew every night.  For the most part, only
	  soldiers are on the street.  Others who are caught out are shot
	  at random.  Every morning the bodies are found, often beheaded or
	  mutilated in other ways, on the streets and in the alleys.  Those
	  who have protested to the police quickly disappeared, and are either
	  never found or are found dead.
	- No one you know has a job.  Every union hall has been bombed,
	  and many of the union leaders have been killed or are in hiding.
	- There are no unemployment or welfare benefits.
	- Most people are hungry; many are malnourished.
	- Churches are still around, but the largest, the Catholic Church,
	  has been harrassed by the government.  The Archbishop of New York,
	  a critic of the government, was shot and killed at St. Patricks
	  while saying mass.  Many other priests and nuns have been killed.
	- The universities are closed.   Many teachers have been labelled
	  "communists" and disappeared; most people assume they are dead.

What would you do?  Would you hide and hope things got better?  Would you
try to fight back, even though you knew it would probably mean your death?
Would you try to leave the country, even though you have no money and you
could be killed if caught?

These are decisions that everyone in El Salvador faces every day, because this
is a fairly accurate picture of the situation in that country.  Those to whom
the opposition are "communists" should seriously ask themselves what their 
reaction would be to this kind of situation in this country.  And then ask
themselves how they feel about our country supporting this reign of terror in
our names.

Mike Kelly
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