OT: Fwd: Letter from Australia

[Leslie Bannister <lbannist@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was just got this, bit fragmented by fowarding, but
I haven't got time to re-paragraph it. To all the
Americans on these lists I really don't know what to
say, but i guess it says it for me.

> >
> >In Australia for the last few days events in the
> United States have
> >dominated our media - not a president caught with
> his pants down or the
> >great mud slinging performance of an American style
> election campaign -
> >but a human tragedy of massive proportions. Many
> thousands lost their
> >lives, and for the multitude who lost a family
> member or friend, life will
> >be changed forever. What do we do? Airline security
> around the world will
> >be examined in minute detail; already many people
> cry out for blood, for a
> >vengeance of unsurpassed savagery, to strike out
> against a race, a country
> >or a religion.
> >What of those who did this, they were not soulless
> demons, but human. They
> >had families, even children - people they loved,
> and who loved them. We
> >cannot comprehend what would drive someone to such
> acts, or can we? Anger
> >and hate, vengeance; the heritage not of one
> country or religion but of
> >humanity; the blame cannot be escaped: we did this.
> Those who cry out for
> >vengeance are the spiritual brothers the
> terrorists. What then do we do to
> >avenge the fallen? Self defence can sometimes be
> necessary, vengeance,
> >never. Fight the cause; a moment of silent
> contemplation - not once on
> >some arbitrary date, but instead of a word or
> action made in anger. Let us
> >build a lasting memorial for the fallen in the
> blossoming of peace and not
> >the fires of war.
> >
> >Clive Brettingham-Moore
> >Tasmania, Australia


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