Death threat

To Owen Jones:



Dear Owen

The first time I heard of Owen Jones was when he appeared on Question Time in 2012; a very passionate, energetic, witty smart and articulate young man with an in depth knowledge of the Israeli Palestinian conflict and great convection about justice and socialism.  Since then I have read his column in the Guardian, later I followed his Twitter feed, and last month I have seen him on the Gaza marches in London. On Thursday he took part on the debate on Media Coverage of War on Gaza and I had the pleasure of briefly meeting him afterword.

Owen talked about the colourful collection of death threats he receives because of his stances, he joyfully said that he has his “favourite” ones! I felt that I need to send him one, and I hope that he adds mine to his collection:

Dear Owen, there is so much injustice around us and many people die and many suffer. You speak the truth, your writings and speeches are the voice of the many voiceless, you said that oppression progress through resignation and we know silence is the biggest resignation and it is a consent. If you choose to give in, if you choose to abandon fighting, if you choose to stop shouting the truth, if you do so, many will continue to die, many will continue to suffer, and many more will lose faith and hope of having any change and will stop the fight for justice. if you do not want more injustice then continue to challenge injustice. You receive death threats to silence you, but your silence will result in more and more deaths.
You, me, and many others who believe in a better world might not be able to achieve it, but will give a go, never resigning, always trying...

Regards

Ahmad