I was cleaning old papers when I came across a letter I had written to the IHT in 1999.
Here is the letter I sent and what they published. Surprisingly, it can still be located online. Note what was edited out.
To: iht@iht.com
Cc:
Subject: Execution Angers Germany IHT
March 5
Mladen Andrijasevic
Be'er Sheva
Israel
The Editor
IHT
Paris
March 5, 1999
Sir:
When it
comes to capital punishment, the United States finds itself in the company of
Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, North Korea, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, i.e. all totalitarian or authoritarian
countries. On the other hand, western European democracies and Israel have long
ago abolished the death penalty. It is time for American to realize whose values
they share.
Sincerely,
Mladen
Andrijasevic
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
Capital
Punishment
When it
comes to capital punishment, the United States finds itself in the company of
Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, North Korea, Cuba, Saudi Arabia — all totalitarian or
authoritarian countries. On the other hand, West European democracies long ago
abolished the death penalty.
It is
time for Americans to realize whose values they share.
MLADEN
ANDRIJASEVIC.
Beersheba,
Israel.
