Date sent: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 10:08:01 -0400 (EDT)
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From: Bertina Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: state terrorism
Originally to: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> On Tue, 25 Aug 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > We have to continue to send strong messages - I am sure we all wish we could
> > sit to tea, breath deep, embrace, and say peace to us all and all go home
> > happy and not worried about a bomb going off in New York where our loved ones
> > work, etc. but how do we communicate this? Maybe if they had internet access
> > we could form a peace network - try to open up other forms of communications
> > with them?
> >
> > Arlene posted:
> >
> > "Yes, it would be. But what we have other choices; I believe what we have
> > done is immoral."
> >
> > Hard love - love what is right - it is right to want to prevent this man from
> > killing other innocent people - if peaceful means can be obtained lets pray
> > they exist! I personally think it looks hopeless because they do not speak
> > the language of peace of love only hate and destruction.
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> Exactly Ecolady/Angela! I would love to live in a world where there would
> not be any necessary or unnecessary violence, but we dont live in that
> world at the moment. Terrorists are not interested in sitting and
> negotiating. They are meant to deter those they do not approve of. Many
> are only interested in stopping the infiltration of democracy and
> technology into their country. Fine, we could easily just allow those
> countries to abuse their country, their women and children. And do not
> tell me such abuse is not taking place. It is happening. Whether we sit on
> our hands and do nothing will certainly not stop such activities from
> happening.
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> Peace and love is the goal, but how we reach that goal is the key.
> And terrorism is not the answer, but these terrorists are not going to
> stop any time soon.
>
Not on their own, anyway; someone has to stop them, and we, the
world's only remaining superpower, are the only ones possessing
the global reach to do it.
> Bertina
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