“I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear,
free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to
oppose what I believe wrong, and free to choose those who shall govern my
country.” - -The Rt. Hon. John Diefenbaker, Canadian Bill of Rights,
1960
“The whole judicial system is at issue, it's
worth more than one person.”--Serge Kujawa, Saskatchewan Crown
Prosecutor, 1991
“The system is not more worth than one person's
rights.”--Mario deSantis, 2002
Nipawin - Tuesday, July 24, 2001 - by: Mario deSantis
We all know what has happened at the G8 Summit in Genoa. The leaders
of the richest countries got together to shape the New World Order,
and they have been complaining that their good work has been
obscured by the media which has focused mostly its attention to the
violence which sprang between police and demonstrators: cars were
burned, properties destroyed, people and police were injured, many
people were arrested and one young man died.
And as our society is becoming increasingly violent, we have on
one side the political leaders who want to defend democracy with
guns, while we have on another side the people who want democracy
back from these same leaders. This is the way I see the root of
violence in our society, a violent search for 'democracy' which is
becoming more alien with the bureaucratization of business led by
governments and transnational corporations.
The name of the young man who died is Carlo Giuliani, a 23 year
old student at the University of Genoa. The young man who pulled the
trigger is Mario Placanica, a 21 year old conscripted carabiniere
from Catanzaro, a city in the south of Italy. Carlo Giuliani was
trying to throw a fire extinguisher against a military vehicle when
he was killed by a bullet and run over. An investigation on
Giuliani's death is underway and there are indications that
Placanica shot Giuliani in self defense.
This is our justice system, the search for the truth for who is
right or wrong within the narrow focus of the 'Rule of Law'
commanded by our alienated politicians. Young man Carlo Giuliani
with the fire extinguisher in his hands represents the rebellious
spirit of the anarchists and young man Mario Placanica with his gun
in his hand represents the defenders of the New World Order. And as
we are looking for the evidence to determine who is right or who is
wrong we lose the perspective that two young men were put against
each other against their own will, while our society continues to
place ideology before human lives thus reinforcing the hegemonic
democracy of the New World Order: the 'Survival of the Fittest.'