{"id":64,"date":"2006-11-25T16:40:56","date_gmt":"2006-11-25T16:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snee.wordpress.com\/2006\/11\/25\/this-civilised-world\/"},"modified":"2006-11-25T16:40:56","modified_gmt":"2006-11-25T16:40:56","slug":"this-civilised-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sneesh.com\/?p=64","title":{"rendered":"this ‘civilised’ world"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I would like to thank many people. My doctors, nurses and hospital staff who are doing all they can for me, the British police who are pursuing my case with vigour and professionalism and are watching over me and my family. <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

I would like to thank the British government for taking me under their care. I am honoured to be a British citizen. <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

I would like to thank the British public for their messages of support and for the interest they have shown in my plight. <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

I thank my wife Marina, who has stood by me. My love for her and our son knows no bounds. <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

But as I lie here I can distinctly hear the beating of wings of the angel of death. <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

I may be able to give him the slip but I have to say my legs do not run as fast as I would like. <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

I think, therefore, that this may be the time to say one or two things to the person responsible for my present condition. <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

You may succeed in silencing me but that silence comes at a price. You have shown yourself to be as barbaric and ruthless as your most hostile critics have claimed. <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

You have shown yourself to have no respect for life, liberty or any civilised value. <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

You have shown yourself to be unworthy of your office, to be unworthy of the trust of civilised men and women. <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

You may succeed in silencing one man but the howl of protest from around the world will reverberate, Mr Putin, in your ears for the rest of your life. <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

May God forgive you for what you have done, not only to me but to beloved Russia and its people.”<\/em> <\/font><\/p>\n

Alexander Litvinenko
\n21 November 2006<\/font><\/p>\n

But we all know that the ‘superpowers’ all play the same game – Bush is an asshole, Blair is a puppet. I actually am ashamed of being British – Blair is so far up Bush’s ass.<\/p>\n

Not too long ago there was the British Empire – that was bad enough, but this little island will be the next state of the union before too long and then there’ll be the US Empire.<\/p>\n

I wish I had French nationality – at least they had the balls to say ‘fuck off’ to the warmonger Bush<\/p>\n

I was disallowed entry to the US in 1999, thank fuck for that – I’ll never go back there<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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