As time goes on, am having fewer bad Heath days. They are now fairly rare, but I have one today and am not sure if this belongs in this thread or the other one.
Am kind of angry, as it sinks in that, in his last few years, Heath was accumulating....enemies. It's been lightly mentioned in this forum, the obvious ones, particularly the weird religious cult churches that made the early formal memorial services, and even the funeral arrangements in Perth, a nightmare as far as security.
But there's been more that's come out, over the months. Heath had been speaking up against Australian involvement in the war in Iraq. He also was wild for the Sea Shepherd's group and was planning to do a documentary film on them. That hardly sat well with the U.S. government, since the FBI had asked congress to define them as an eco-terrorist outlaw organization.
And then there was his emerging opposition to the huge construction project in Brooklyn, which has been described as the biggest development project in any city, ever. Big money.
He was, then, becoming more of an activist, towards the end, and you can't do that without rattling the cages of powerful people. So, am a little angry. And I wonder... was that a smirk I saw on the police commissioner of N.Y.'s face as he held news conferences?
I don't know what we owe to Heath, these months later. Loyalty means different things to different people. I feel uneasy bringing these matters up.
And am not pursuing them. But, to me, loyalty means not forgetting what was important to him and also remembering there were those who did not like where he was headed. If that puts me in the doggie-house, well, it won't be the first time. Saying he was a good guy is so easy to do. Saying why he was a good guy, that he had a conscience, may not be to the liking of some.
