I too was offended by the posting of these messages to this lace group - I thought that political discussions were not allowed on this list. Both the original posting and the replies are political discussions, whatever opinions are expressed.
Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 3:43 AM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Re: Fw: troops > Tamara > > Thank you for giving an American response to this message. It was highly > offensive and had no place on an international list of any description. While > some Americans obviously believe that what the Americn troops are doing to > prisoners in Cuba and in Iraq is acceptable in civilise society the rest of the > world does not. > > As Tamara so rightly said the treatment of "detainees" at Guantamano Bay has > prompted the hideous beheading of various American and British civilians, plus > the death of a British woman, married to an Iraqi and living there for > something like 30 years. She had converted and had spent her life helping the poor > of her adopted country. > > I could go on but I won't. What I do want to say is that such messages > should never again be posted to this list. This is a friendly list: let's keep it > that way. > > Patricia in Wales > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
