<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>I have been pretty quiet on this since expressing my original thoughts after the event of 9/11. But I feel, as a list-member, I have a right to have my opinions be known. I am quite exhausted, not to mention whole-heartedly disappointed, from having to hear one member of our list attack others for having opinions opposing his own. He seems to think he has the right to demand that the list owner to unsub another member. That right does not exist. These atttacks filled with anger, and hate-filled discourse are only adding to the tension of the events taking place. We have called this list a refugio. It hasn't been such when members have been outright and cruelly attacked. Those words are not constructive, but its opposite.
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<BR>Linda, I am asking you, as list owner, to step in and make your thoughts known.
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<BR>Finally, as always, anyone with opposing views are welcome to them if they can be discussed in a rational manner. On the surface, this may not seem to be related to the Camino. But I cannot help but remember the one consistent feeling of those who have walked is that they did so with a peaceful heart. The walking does not end because we leave Santiago. If it does for some, if the experiences of the Camino have been forgotten, I would seriously reconsider why the pilgrimage was made in the first place. In any event, there has been a serious lack of simple respect. I, for one, cannot abide by that. I await Linda's thoughts.
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<BR>Gabrielle</FONT></HTML>