Fwd.: Compassion and Revenge.

[rae zamarippa]

I for one am looking to the list serve for accounts, ideas and suggestions,
not debates.  I get plenty of that on my radio, work, tv...
Just say what you feel and we are listening.  There are no wrong comments on
here.
Thank you,
Rae


>From: "Watson, John" <watsonjaTRINITY.VIC.EDU.AU>
>Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage <GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu>
>To: GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu
>Subject: Re: Fwd.: Compassion and Revenge.
>Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 15:21:44 +1000
>
>Dear people
>I am a teacher and today os the last day of term. In three weeks I will be
>on line again. What will be our thoughts after that time? Please let us not
>be at each other's throats. We are all prey to such complex and conflicting
>emotions, and we are sure to have one dominate, and then another in some
>sort of change if not progress as the days and weeks roll on.
>Let's all be constant in prayer! And pray that our leaders are praying at
>least as much as we are before they act.
>God bless you all.
>John
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kathryn Finn [mailto:Kathryn.FinnaWWU.EDU]
>Sent: Friday, 14 September 2001 10:32 AM
>To: GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu
>Subject: Re: Fwd.: Compassion and Revenge.
>
>
>Howard - NOTHING can excuse these  terrorists of their heinous
>acts--certainly not the pain, fear or desperation referenced in the
>previous
>messages.  These criminals used the lives of sons, daughters, mothers, and
>fathers for their own evil ends. They destroyed the innocent in an effort
>to
>bend others to their will--the ultimate blasphemy. If I gave the impression
>that I was absolving these perpetrators of ANYTHING, I regret it.
>
>Likewise I regret it if I gave the impression that I  "assume" our
>government will retaliate in such a way that innocent lives will be lost.
>I
>do fear it though since these terrorists have given our Nation's leaders
>plenty of justification, or temptation if you will, to head in that
>direction.
>
>It was not my intent to be any kind of an "apologist" for terrorists, but I
>do give them some credit. They are good at what they do.  With one strike,
>they brutalize their victims twice: first during the initial painful
>assault, and again by baiting them to sink to the level of their
>assailants.
>
>
>Kathryn
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Howard Mendes [mailto:HMe347aAOL.COM]
>Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 2:50 PM
>To: GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu
>Subject: Re: Fwd.: Compassion and Revenge.
>
>
>Katherine -  You may be correct, but the way the message was first stated
>it
>seemed to absolve the perpetrators of any responsibility and point the
>finger of blame at Americans for causing the violence and destruction.
>Still, the "pain, fear and desperation" are scant excuses for the
>infliction
>of so much horror against the innocent.  What sickened me was the attitude
>of apologists for the behavior of those that oppose our society so
>vehemently that they resort to violence on the scale that we have
>witnessed.
>I am not blind to America's shortcomings and errors, but surely nothing we
>have done deserves the outrageous conduct of those that committed these
>crimes against us. Also, why do you assume that our country may retaliate
>by
>"at the cost of innocent lives"?  If that were the case, Teheran and Kabul
>would have been reduced to rubble by now just like the WTC.  Howard Mendes


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