What force as a governing philosophy looks like, part deux

Just a reminder of what we are up against and what repression and regression, the opposite of progress, looks like.



Every time Americans, Westerners, liberal democrats and anyone celebrates force as a governing philosophy, this is what that philosophy looks like in reality.

Much of the world takes seriously force as a governing philosophy. Most of the history of humanity has done so.

And this is what that legacy looks like when we are not sugarcoating and rationalizing it.

Be careful what you wish for.

There are people who would like to make sure that you get it.

In fact, it is the entire purpose of terrorism.

And if the terrorists don't do it to us, perhaps we will do it to ourselves.

That is the choice we face today.

What force as a governing philosophy looks like

Mugabe thugs killed and mutilated MDC youth activists

"The murderous violence being driven by President Robert Mugabe’s militias reached new levels today with the killing and mutilation of four young men, the largest number of fatalities in a single incident in the last 10 weeks of Zimbabwe’s election campaign.

Three of the men were Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) youth activists, defending the home of a local official from attack by Zanu (PF) youths in the sprawling dormitory township of Chitungwiza about 30 km south of Harare.

The third was a passerby, abducted because he did not know the Zanu (PF) youths’ secret slogans and salutes used to identify supporters. All of the victims had their skulls smashed, said relatives who had seen the corpses in separate mortuaries. Some had their lips and genitals cut off...

Earlier, Tendai Biti, the the MDC deputy opposition leader, was charged with subversion and election rigging – offences that could carry the death penalty on conviction.

The bodies of Archford Chipiyo, 28, the son of Philemon Chipiyo, district chairman of the MDC in Chitungwiza, Yona Genti and the unidentified young man were found in tall grass at the side of the main southward highway out of Harare at around midday. The body of the fourth, Nyoni Light, was dumped near a shopping centre on the outskirts of Chitungwiza.

The township, with a population of more than a million, has been the scene of numerous petrol bombings, abductions and assaults in the last week as marauding Zanu (PF) mobs dragged mostly young people out of their homes and forced them to join them, marching through the night...

Philemon Chipiyo, 59, a respected alderman for the Chitungwiza town council for the last 25 years, said that a mob of about 200 Zanu (PF) youths attacked his home at midnight on Tuesday, but were repulsed by his guards...

He sent one of his sons, Alban, to Harare central hospital morgue to identify the three bodies found next to the highway. 'Alban said Archford’s lips were gone and his eyes were pulled out,' he said. All three had crushed skulls.

Austin Chipiyo, another son, went to Chitungwiza hospital to identify the body of Ngoni Light. 'His head was also broken,' he said. 'His genitals had been taken off. They were in his trousers. I saw it myself.'"

Congratulations to all of those embracing this governing philosophy. Robert Mugabe would be proud.

And there is no better example of the bankruptcy of this governing philosophy than the repressive dictatorship in Zimbabwe.

This is what it looks like.

Be careful what you wish for.

You just might get it.