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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (3044)	9/3/2001 4:40:14 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 23908

For Turkey's ordeal to be short-term a broader, freer access to EU outlets is mandatory --which is unlikely. Expect a worsening of Turkey's crisis in the coming weeks as the euro starts circulating... Footnote to my post #3027 regarding the possible outbreak of a "Euro-intifada" (I've been unfortunately unable to dig out an e-newscast in English): liberation.com What the Libération article basically reveals is that North African outcasts in French ghettoes are using rocket launchers against police patrols... Same as the Gaza strip ball-game turned upside down: over here, the high-tech gear is in the hands of street arabs whereas police officers' riot-control boils down to "how fast they can drive outta here!!" As for neofascism vs democracy, I'd take the same "acid test" as Mahatma Gandhi: Minorities are vital to democracies. As Gandhiji often said, the real test of a civilized society is not how it treats its majority, but how it treats its minorities. Harassment and intimidation of minorities speaks of a democracy's poverty. To put this in the language of modern ethics, the litmus test of fairness is to ask not how a democracy's average or privileged members function, but how well-treated its underprivileged and weak feel. On this principle, the security of the minorities become absolutely crucial. It cannot be compromised. daga.org