Re: [Marxism] Whoâs To Blame For Zimbabweâs Tragedy?

[John <johnedmundson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 10:41 -0400, Walter Lippmann wrote:

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> Whoâs To Blame For Zimbabweâs Tragedy?
> By Ghali Hassan
> 
> Perhaps the greatest misconception about Mugabe is that he is some
> sort of a dictator. While Mugabe is not a saint, and the 2008
> elections were questionable, Zimbabwe was and still is an example of
> free and fair democracy in Africa.

Clearly the words "free" and "fair", along with "questionable",
"misconception", "dictator" and "democracy" have undergone radical
changes in definition since my dictionary was published in the 1990s. I
suppose I can get a new one, perhaps one published in Zimbabwe . . .
Cheers,
John



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