Inciting Behaivour

The Fiji military's now infamous universal explanation given to the media whenever someone is taken in for questioning at Delainabua is that they have been taken in for "inciting" the public and that these "inciting" acts are a threat to the national security of Fiji. These detainees are to be "informed" that they cannot and must not to disturb the peace which currently prevails in Fiji.

What is exactly constitutes "inciting" behaviour and who exactly is being incited are anyone's guess? But these are pertinent questions to which the Fiji military offers no immediate answers.

Oxfords Advanced Learners Dictionary defines the word incite as "the urging or persuading of someone to do something by making him very angry".

To be quite honest, "incitement", as an excuse, is becoming less and less credible and more and more annoying as more people are taken up to Delainabua to be given "the treatment" at the hands of overzealous soldiers who actually believe in their hearts (and minds) that what they are doing is right.

What exactly did these detainees do to deserve such treatment at the hands of the military? Mostly, they spoke up against the military for taking other people to Delainabua in the first place.

The irony in all this is that it is this very act of oppression, which is uniting Fijians, Indians and other races, like never before, against the military.

The irony would be quite laughable if it weren't such a serious issue for the people going up to Delainabua.

I shall you leave then with this thought for the day: EVERY DICTATOR IS AN ENEMY OF FREEDOM, AN OPPONENT OF LAW.

God Bless Fiji.