Semi Truths A highly irregular weblog dedicated to Truth, Justice, and American Cheese…!

February 22, 2001

YESTERDAY’S NEWS

Filed under: Politics — semi @ 11:23 pm

Ethnic Kurds flee Iraq! ~ Bombs rain down on Baghdad! ~ Saddam Hussein threaten retaliations against U.S.! ~ President Bush promises tax cut! ~ Hannibal Lecter Eating up the Box Office!…

Has anyone else noticed that it’s 1991?

AN ACT OF FAITH

Filed under: Politics — semi @ 11:21 pm

There was a remarkable front page article in the Washington Post this last Sunday:

A Daughter’s Dream Lives at Scene of Her Death
by Jon Jeter; February 18, 2001; Page A01

Eight years ago, a 26 year old white American girl named Amy Biehl was killed by black South African protesters during the civil unrest that precipitated the fall of Apartheid. Now her parents have journeyed to the very village where she was slain and are working in the community to improve the living conditions of those who still live there. When the four young men who were convicted of killing Amy appeared before South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission four years ago, Peter Biehl publicly supported their plea for amnesty. As the parents see it, they are honoring their daughter’s life by carrying on her work.

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