I wonder if the casual email medium is as much at fault here as the reading of words to mean one thing and not another.
As someone who has had a few arguments online, I speak from experience that asking for clarification is important before jumping to conclusions. I also have reacted in anger too quickly when someone's words offended me and wished that I had reconsidered before I used the send button, and also wished that I had chosen my own words more carefully in light of the manner in which we communicate online. Hopefully, we can all take into account that there is plenty of anxiety to go around everywhere. Many of us are under stress that we do not share with everyone. I imagine that in Israel they are feeling much more impacted by any pro-Likud factions in the US gov't since Israel is within range of Iraq's scud missiles. No one in Israel should feel safe about the presence of over 250,000 American troops nearby and tons of weaponry ready to be used. There are no guarantees in military combat. The whole neighborhood in all directions is under threat. In Britain, a fateful alliance is making history as one cabinet is threatened that a year ago seemed impervious to any political challenge. As it is so often in Israel, a government is at risk and change is foreseeable. And Prince Charles is not providing any sense of national honor and stability. Here in the US, we are still largely unaffected by the new doctrines in foreign policy being implemented as we speak. There is no foreseeable risk to our government in the short term. Many Americans seem to be still blithely unaware of much past history that impacts the present. There are great divides, however, on the consequences as we proceed. I think there will be Teutonic shifts in global alliances and attitudes, but on the domestic front it is too soon to tell. Not surprisingly, Pres. Bush has a televised speech at 8pm ET tonight. We have full moonlight for more than a week. Who knows what tomorrow brings? Karen _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
