The death of Osama bin Laden

[Des]

I think Africans should at least be given the chance to 'become like us' if that's what they want. Rather that than be given the option of either remaining in poverty or accepting only what some in the west consider to be 'appropriate' for them.

[Jonathan E.]

This may be some kind of a viral-style mis-, or made-up, quote à la MLK, but I saw it this morning and, in a tangential way, it reminded me of this discussion:

Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. We are the ones we have been waiting for. — Hopi elders

from http://www.evolver.net/revolution_spore if sufficiently interested in another way of looking at things.