Public Resignation (over torture)

[unhappycamper]

Ladies and Gentlemen of the CIA: I hereby announce my irrevocable resignation of the position of covert agent, which I have carried out for almost 12 years.


Public Resignation
Tal Cual, Venezuela
By Laureano Marquez
Translated By Andrew Cuan
12 November 2010
Edited by Gheanna Emelia

~snip~

In the 21st century, it is incredible to see a human being showing no mercy towards one of his kind. Just because the terrorists do it doesn’t justify it, but it forms part of their openly embraced “principles.”

What is indeed serious, however, is that democratic governments promote torture as something perfectly valid and even desirable in certain cases. When such a thing happens, something is wrong. I believe that being truly human demands respect toward the dignity of every person, and that includes those that don’t respect yours.

As stated before, I hereby announce my irrevocable resignation of the position of covert agent, which I have carried out for almost 12 years.

May it be known, once and for all, that you cannot count on me for electric sabotages of any nature, state-owned corporate bankruptcies, and even less to create inflation of 23 percent, which was the final job that I did for the agency. From now on, I declare myself a free agent; I will work on my own without orders from Washington.

I hope that they send a copy of this article to the double super agent 86 here in Caracas, and that they take immediate measures to cancel payments that are owed to me, which are all of them. If you don’t comply, I promise that I will talk more than (Venezuelan drug trafficker, Walid} Makled.

[Hannah Bell]

1. mmm -- that may be satire.

[mmonk]

2. Is that for real?

[unhappycamper]

3. I believe it is.

I've been reading watchingamerica.com for a looooong time and I haven't seen any satire from them. :shrug:

[mmonk]

4. Interesting.

Thanks for posting it. I think I'll dig into it further.

[Hannah Bell]

5. double super agent 86 ? tal cual?

Teodoro Petkoff Malec (born in Zulia State, January 3, 1932) is a Venezuelan politician, ex-guerrilla, journalist and economist. One of the most prominent politicians on the left in Venezuela, Petkoff began as a communist but gravitated towards liberalism in the 1990s. As Minister of Planning he oversaw President Rafael Caldera's adoption of neoliberal economic policies in the mid-1990s. He has been a prominent critic of President Hugo Chávez, and was a candidate to run against him in the December 2006 presidential elections, but dropped out of the race in August to support Manuel Rosales. He launched the newspaper Tal Cual in 2000, and remains its editor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodoro_Petkoff

the picture accompanying the original article, in spanish in the opinion section:



http://www.talcualdigital.com/Avances/Viewer.aspx?id=43878&secid=44

doesn't look too serious to me.

[mmonk]

6. Laureano Marquez is listed as a comedian.

Here http://www.talcualdigital.com/index.html

[unhappycamper]

7. Thanks Guys.

:(

[Hannah Bell]

8. happens to all of us.

[mmonk]

9. No problem.

In today's world unfortunately, it could be true. That is why probably to some, it's not humorous and could be taken seriously.