Here is what Meles the Fabricator Wrote on his infamous letter to the editor.
"Let’s now deal with the presence of police, militia, and armed forces “around the locations of the hearings”. But before I do that let me say a few words about people with arms in the Ethiopian context. Ethiopia is a country where literally millions of automatic guns are in the hands of civilians. Indeed, in some parts of our country a man is not considered to be properly attired if he does not carry a gun. Imagine a scenario where Ethiopians would be intimidated by the mere sight of people carrying guns. Every Ethiopian would be trembling every day. That clearly is not the case. The sight of armed people does not intimidate anyone. Only the sight of armed men threatening some one with their arms can intimidate the average Ethiopian."
