[Reader-list] Post - Beslan impossibilities

[Jeebesh Bagchi]

dear friends,

was trying to write something to get some clarity after the Beslan 
massacre. Could not make much headway.  Was going through reader-list 
posting to see if somebody has written about it. Was surprised by a 
total absence of any posting. Given that this list has always been very 
active during global crisis events and many different point of views 
have been articulated and debated, this peculiar absence seemed strange.

About myself, i could not understand what to make of the events.
Trapped within nationalist retributive logic of violence are very 
vulnerable population group and so many just killed.
A editor of a newspaper in Russia got sacked apparently because of 
showing the graphic images of the incident. This editor have been 
opposed to the violence of the state in russia in the conflicts in 90s.
A scared man being taken away by two hooded commandos and he confesses.

What to think about it? Maybe, some of you have something to say more 
about it.

best
jeebesh