“The Denial of the Dead” — A Response to Nadine Fresco

The topic of “denial of the dead” that Nadine Fresco addresses (Dissent, Fall 1981) is an important one. Examples abound. Thus Indonesia is now mounting still another military campaign in Timor in the course of aggression that has claimed the lives of over 100,000 people while creating conditions similar to those of Biafra and Cambodia. Timorese males aged 15-50 are being press-ganged into military service, leading church sources to predict that famine will recur with the...