AL: I think this is a buit hard on Monica. I can empathise with her frustration that Pell refused to respond to her attempts to communicate with him and that this was a final way of getting a response.
NM:
Actually the comment I made was more about the Sydney Morning HErald publishing this letter... I am sure the author's feelings and experiences are sincere - I just don't believe that this was the
right forum... and may have done more dis-service than service. Do
you reckon he's gonna respond now?
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Subject: Re: is pell's cousin important?
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 10:04:49 +1100
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Niall McKay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Insights List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 10:14 AM Subject: is Pell's cousin important?
Something much more concerning to me than George Pell's cousins' article
I agree with you Niall. This is a further step towards Australia going down the path of GWB's complete dismantling of environmental controls in America. I read a report on what has happened over there since he took over and its quite frightening. The EPA has been stripped of its powers and prosecutions for breaches of regulations have been almost eliminated. Big corporations are virtually doing whatever they like.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/12/1073877760167.html (about kyoto and stuff)
In fact I found the article by Monica whatsername a little hard to stomach. I felt like a voyeur reading someone else's mail and stopped reading after a couple of paragraphs...
Was it a personal letter? If so I don't want to see it in the newspaper!
I think this is a buit hard on Monica. I can empathise with her frustration that Pell refused to respond to her attempts to communicate with him and that this was a final way of getting a response.
"The following letter was sent to Cardinal George Pell last August, and some weeks later when no reply was forthcoming, a copy was sent with a covering letter expressing concerned that he had not received the first one. In December, I then attempted three times, unsuccessfully, to make contact with him by phone.
I decided to make this an open letter to the Cardinal in the hope that by making it public, it may highlight the difficulties same-sex couples have even being heard, let alone granted access to the same level of justice as heterosexual couples."
body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1))Was it a public letter? If so then don't hype up the fact that you are related to a Cardinal...
Niall (please be advised that the thoughts above are about the mode of communication rather than the content of said communication - which I'd prefer not to commment on!)
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Prophetic words
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