[FPSPACE] Ivan Safranov dead

[Jens Kieffer-Olsen]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Palladium at aol.com [mailto:Palladium at aol.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 4:10 AM
> 
> In addition to very sad, this is very troubling. Has Mr. 
> Safranov written anything critical of the government / 
> military / space industry recenty, or was he working on any 
> sensitive stories?
> 
> I know Vlad Putin is a great hero to some on this list for 
> "calling out" the U.S. on its aggressive militarism, but 
> isn't it just a little odd how journalists and his critics 
> keep meeting with mysterious accidents all over the world 
> (radioactive poinsoning, criminal "hit" jobs, falling out of 
> windows, etc.)?
> 
> D.S. Michaels

 One of the consequences of introducing democracy in a former
 police state is the upsurge of organized crime. I fail to see
 how anyone can spot the hand of Russian President behind each
 and every attempt on somebody's life.

 By the same logic the assassination of Swedish prime minister
 Olof Palme could have been ascribed to Ronald Reagan, since
 Palme was a harsh critic of the US, and the police investigation
 was suspiciously inefficient.

 It may be out-of-date to believe in the ideals of the World
 Federalist Movement ( WFM ), the US branch of which is Citizens
 for Global Solutions ( CGS ). Yet, I have no problem with that,
 since in my view their noble ideals are not tainted by the
 apparent bureaucracy of the UN organization.

 People who scream for Democracy Now in China must assume full
 responsibility for the ensuing power of the criminal triads.
 I doubt that corrupt politicians in the pay of their local
 mafias will be doing a better job than the 'gang of engineers'
 currently moving the Middle Kingdom into the future.   

--
Jens Kieffer-Olsen
Slagelse, Denmark