Re: Re: quick thoughts before I rush off

2001-09-11 Thread Macdonald Stainsby
> For what it's worth, here in Columbus, Ohio, we are planning > responses, in anticipation of U.S. bombings of some Arab nation, > repressions of Arabs & Arab-Americans in the USA, etc.: > Thank you Yoshie. This is exactly the right response. The hatred and racist fear I hear all around me is al

Re: Re: quick thoughts before I rush off

2001-09-11 Thread Stephen E Philion
I just heard a professor on NPR being interviewed proclaim that *if* indeed it is found that the Israel-Palestinian conflict is the source of this incident that opinion in the US will turn against the Palestinians. The possibility that the policy of giving Israel the green light in its repression

Re: quick thoughts before I rush off

2001-09-11 Thread Jim Devine
Michael Perelman wrote: >This morning's events will spell the end of much of our remaining civil >liberties. This is too alarmist for me, given my reading of the situation. I expect a further weakening of our civil liberties, but not "the end." Andrew Hagen writes:>As for civil liberties, somet

Re: quick thoughts before I rush off

2001-09-11 Thread Tom Walker
Michael Perelman wrote, >This morning's events will spell the end of much of our remaining civil >liberties. I assume that Bush will get whatever spending he wants for a >response. The U.S. has a record of lashing out at the wrong targets -- >for example, the Sudan pharmaceutical plant. This

Re: quick thoughts before I rush off

2001-09-11 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
>This morning's events will spell the end of much of our remaining civil >liberties. I assume that Bush will get whatever spending he wants for a >response. The U.S. has a record of lashing out at the wrong targets -- >for example, the Sudan pharmaceutical plant. > >The left is probably in great

quick thoughts before I rush off

2001-09-11 Thread Michael Perelman
This morning's events will spell the end of much of our remaining civil liberties. I assume that Bush will get whatever spending he wants for a response. The U.S. has a record of lashing out at the wrong targets -- for example, the Sudan pharmaceutical plant. The left is probably in greater dis