Astounding assertion.Dear editor, Most of Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Adler's letter (On divestment; February Anglican Journal) is in the classic mode of calling attention to other issues in the West Asian region in order divert attention from Israel's continuing inhuman treatment of Palestinians. Mr. Adler also states "companies do not contribute to ongoing violence" or to "ongoing peace." This is an astounding a·stound tr.v. a·stound·ed, a·stound·ing, a·stounds To astonish and bewilder. See Synonyms at surprise. [From Middle English astoned, past participle of astonen, assertion in a world where several major transnational companies have budgets, personnel and other resources that are much larger than the resources available to a large number of countries. Does Mr. Adler not know that Ken Saro Wiwa fought against the huge Shell Oil corporation because his Ogoni people The Ogoni people are one of the many indigenous peoples in the Niger Delta region of southeast Nigeria. They number about a half million people and live in a 404-square mile homeland which they also refer to as Ogoni, or Ogoniland. were not benefiting from exploration activities in their traditional homeland and that he was put to death by the then-Nigerian government for his courageous stand? Is he unaware that there are protest activities going on in many parts of our world against companies that, with the collusion of corrupt governments, trample on the rights of ordinary citizens by, for example, polluting their rivers and their lands? I would request that the Council of General Synod The General Synod is the title of the governing body of some church organizations. Church of England In the Church of England, General Synod was instituted in 1970 and is the culmination of a process of rediscovering self-government for the Church of England that had not invite Mr. Adler to address it until he shows that he has learned a bit more about the real world in which poor and oppressed op·press tr.v. op·pressed, op·press·ing, op·press·es 1. To keep down by severe and unjust use of force or authority: a people who were oppressed by tyranny. 2. people live. Mathew Zachariah Calgary |
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