At Thu, 11 Mar 1999 04:51:03 EST, you wrote:
>
>In a message dated 3/11/1999 4:12:59 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
><< Sure, as long as you ask Iman (Somali wife of David Bowie) who begged for
>food aid to feed her starving family to whom she could forwars no help, and
>remember that the blatant racist actions which were committed in Somalia by
>soldiers were committed, in the main, by Canadian troops. >>
>
>I think you reveal a particular mentality when you tell me to ask Iman. The
>fact that she married david bowie revealed that we should better ask her what
>therapist she sees.
>
>Sorry, but I had planned to ask people who are actively involved in reality
>and substance on such issues in their country. I suppose that is not is
>acceptable? Perhaps you know more than they do?
>
>Actually, you are telling me to remember something false which I cannot do
>because the falsehoods are not in my head, but yours. Do you have any ideas
>about what the Italians troops were charged, proven and shown in pictures to
>have done in Somalia?
>
>Perhaps you want to remember some strong knowledge of somali culture and
>history that you keep implying you have by your tone of approach on this
>topic? Are you moonlighting from your main job as abortion superhero, as
>scholar and experienced sensei of Somali studies?
>
>Nicole
You deride but do not deny that not only did Iman have family in Somalia, but that she
made a public appeal for aid for HER (not your) HOME country, which was heard more
widely than some others , for better or for worse, because of her celebrity. You do
not deny the assertion I make concerning the actions of the Canadian troops in
Somalia, but bring up the Italians, as if that is an "instead of" rather than an "in
addition to." None of the substance of your reply addresses my basic question (is
there any way for the US, whether we act or forbear to act, even with the best of
intentions, to save lives threatened by epidemic, famine or genocide, to avoid being
unjustly slandered and having our motives superciliously impugned); however its style
speaks volumes.
Joe E. Dees
Poet, Pagan, Philosopher
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