So the government goons bumped off another MDC activist. It just seems like this type of event is all too common in Zimbabwe - ten to fifteen masked men show up at your doorstep chanting government war cries, you're thrown into the back of a pickup truck, or similar vehicle (they dare not use the characteristically ZRP-esque Santana's [Land Rover's], lest they be identified as closely tied to the security forces who'd sworn to protect the citizens of Zimbabwe no matter what), and you're never seen again - whisked off into oblivion - with a good dollop of pain thrown in.
El Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) is a holiday celibrated on the 1st and 2nd of November in Mexico and certain parts of the US and Canada. It's original function was to honour the ancestors. Looks like every day is a Day of the Dead in Zimbabwe, only nobody is celebrating - people are just dying - and there is most certainly no honour involved. I was reading an article about how an MDC activist was murdered after being taken away by ten men. This man's brother made a valid point when he said 'They are cowards, all of them. Ten men to take down one unarmed man' (BBC Website, 23 May 2008). Certainly, there is no honour between enemies in Zimbabwe, and the situation is only getting worse.The streets are becoming more and more blood-soaked every day, and nobody cares.
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