Brilliant...Absolutely Brilliant. Les
Guys Let me share this as it is now almost appropriate. We have undergone an awful tragedy. A bus was caught in a fire ball, as you all probably know. It contained a class of soon to be Officers in our prison service. A very large minority of the deceased were Druse Arab [Muslims]. The immediate after effects were extremely sad. The leadership [ better known as leadershit] rallied, or tried. The guy who had me in tears was the Druse Lord Mayor and the way he spoke. He spoke of compassion, and togetherness. Our Guliani was an Arab. And I have no problem with that. None what so ever. A camera crew went out at night into the periphery of the flames. They caught two Israeli Arabs. They were hosing down a tree. 'What are you doing?' 'We have to save at least one' 'Is that not dangerous?' 'Sure, but what can we do, at least one!' Not Arab arsonist. Just men linked in pain. Doing something dangerous but for us all. The Turks flew into help us. Just watching their planes was extremely moving. So did the Brits. So did the Russians. So did the Egyptians. So did the Jordanians. So did the Palestinians. So did the world. This morning we heard that Greek & Turkish army pilots were flying in the same plane. To put out fires--- not start them Why this posting? Because yesterday there were no religious clerics to be seen. The politicians had slunk into the shadows. Yesterday the 'Brotherhood of man' was at force. That's the way that it should be. And fuck all the religious leaders and the politicians. In the '60's we believed, we really believed, in the 'Brotherhood of man' & 'Power to the people'. I still believe. So should you all. Yesterday was our day. Michael _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
