Comrade Chad

Comrade Chad here, spitting truth in your eye. Lot's of buzz from the hate-talkers (yeah! you, Nelson) about releasing the Libyan anti-imperialism activist, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi (some of you pigs use only part of his name- that's wrong! Also, learn to pronounce it! I've been taking lessons from the dudes at the Free Palestine! movement here on campus).

I've been following the case on D...N!!! and the circumstances under which the Scots convicted Mr. Al Megrahi are suspicious: for example, we know that Mr. Al Megrahi was declared guilty on January 31, 2001. That's a full 11 days after Baby Satan's putsch. That would have given KKKarl Rove plenty of time to activate the Republican hate machine and pressure the Scots into doing the empire's bidding.

Even if Mr. Al Megrahi did assist in taking down the corporate-owned plane, doesn't evolution suggest that civilized people should show compassion to murderers? Haven't the most successful societies always had light sentences for men involved in man-made disasters? I know San Francisco has a very progressive justice system. I flew up there for an anti-globalization conference and everybody was very concerned about the reproductive rights of non-aligned sex workers. More so than in the fascist Irvine cul-de-sac where my dad lives.

Kenny MacAskill and RenaRF from the Daily Kos are right. Compassion has defined the Scottish people since the beginning of that great society. Think of the groundbreaking negotiations held by William Wallace with his English counterpart, Edward I, despite Edward's infamous homophobia. Think of the blows for tolerance struck by that Army of justice, Royal Scots Greys. The progressive philosophy of David Hume and Adam Smith.

Nobody except Chaos Kid from the Progressive Action Forum has mentioned the damage done to the environment from the CO2 emissions of huge airliners. Downing aircraft may even save lives in the long run, according to his iPhone app, Calculate Capitalist Damage.

Add the psychological impact of colonialism and living on the same planet as Sarah Palin and you have a lot of factors both calling into question Mr. Al Megrahi's "guilt" and mediating circumstances if he did strike a blow for his oppressed brothers.

Then, as always, there's right-wing hypocrisy. Let's say that Mr. Al Megrahi did assist in downing Pan Am flight 103: is that any worse than what George BeeazelBush did during his regime? Are the people of Libya any worse for welcoming their hero than the people of KKKrawford, Texas are for welcoming theirs? Compare below. Uncanny, isn't it?

Hero's welcome in Libya

President George W. Bush Homecoming in Crawfor Texas.