Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 23:58:50 +0100 From: "Stuart Duckworth" <ITServices@cableinet.co.uk> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, Help Victims <fight_terrorism@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Helping victims of terror Message-ID: <091815955220c91PCOW035M@blueyonder.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20010912215537.98051.qmail@web20806.mail.yahoo.com>
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Sir, I am a Briton, many of whose countrymen suffered yesterday in the attacks on New York, Washington and what other places? I understand your anger that some people should celebrate the atrocity that was visited on some of your and my countrymen. I should point out that the scenes of people celebrating were chosen by the news editors of the media concerned and that they may have had an agenda to pursue. I should also point out that subsequently on the t.v. media here in Britain Arabs have been interviewed who share your, my and, I hope all humane people's revulsion at the barbaric acts of yesterday. When you react as you have you put yourself in danger of becoming like the people who commited the cowardly deeds against the people of New York, Washington and all others who were targetted. Yours is a position of prejudice based upon limited and probably biassed information. I urge you to reconsider. Not all of the people of Egypt or Palestine share the jubilation of those who were featured on television. It would be as wrong to target the innocent of those countries as it was for the terrorists to target the innocent USA and other nationals who were killed and injured yesterday. To the subscribers to this List I apologise for posting this off topic item. I hope you will forgive me. I feel it was necessary in view of the enormity of the events of the last two days and the danger of slipping into ill advised actions. Stuart Duckworth On 12 Sep 01, at 14:55, Help Victims wrote: > Hi everyone. As many of you are aware, people in Egypt and > other countries celebrated the attacks on New York and > Washington. Some of these countries receive billions of > dollars in aid from the United States. I believe that > people who celebrate the deaths of thousands of people do > not deserve to receive any aid from those peoples' country. > As a result, I've sent letters to representatives in the > government, urging them to stop support to these countries. > The money should be used to help the victims and their > families, and to rebuild what has been destroyed. I'm > including a copy of this letter below, and I invite and > urge all of you to mail a copy of it to your representatives, > or write your own. Please tell your family, friends, > coworkers and neighbors. Let's make this as widespread as > possible. > > *** Begin letter *** > > Dear Senators and Representatives, > > People in Egypt and other countries were filmed celebrating > the September 11 attacks on America that destroyed thousands > of lives. > > These countries receive billions of dollars in foreign aid > from us--paid for by those whose lives were destroyed or > altered forever by the attack. Their celebrating of these > horrible acts show total disrespect and disregard for human > lives, not to mention a complete lack of appreciation for > the support that has continued to benefit them. > > I strongly urge you to stop financial aid to these countries. > > The money should instead go to victims and their families, > not to those who celebrated their untimely deaths. And, of > course, the money should be used to rebuild the destroyed > properties and pay for the expensive investigations and other > actions that must take place. > > The hard-earned money of those who died should NOT go to > those who celebrated their deaths. > > Sincerely, > > > [Your name here] > [I suggest including your mailing address] > > *** > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! > Messenger http://im.yahoo.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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