Caspar Davis,[EMAIL PROTECTED],Internet writes:
...there certainly comes a point where further knowledge merely numbs or
depresses.
Too true, unfortunately, and the condition of women in fundamentalist
countries is a case in point. I gather that support for the petition was
so great that the ISP
(which belonged to a private person was already flooded
and had to be closed down).
You can try sending an e-mail to it.
Jan Matthieu
Flemish Green Party
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Van: Mehtap Cakan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Aan: Caspar Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Onderwerp: Re: The Taliban's War
Yes, chain letters don't get you anywhere, they just clog up our
best source of information.
It is however, nice to see
so many care. I think someone literate should re-write this letter
to be sent to those in government, so that pressure can be expressed
against all military/economical links
On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Caspar Davis wrote:
Please sign and pass on if you feel comfortable doing so:
-Forwarded Message-
Subject: Please sign and pass on.
The Taliban's War on Women:
Please sign at the bottom to support, and include your town.
Then copy
I am advised on sound authority that when you send my original forward
of this name, with 50 signatures, to the recommended address, you get
in return a message saying that the address is no good.
I apologize for not checking this out prior to forwarding, and do not
recommend forwarding the
Don't do anything with this...
The account at Brandeis where the petition goes has now been closed for a
couple of weeks and the account holder has gone to ground.
Rule of thumb: Anything that says "copy and forward to as many people as
possible" should be shovelled into the bit bucket
