Hope you all ...

[John Lundy]

Thanks for your very lucid note, Doug.   Living in Sydney and watching this 
unfold on TV I have a growing horror of what might be coming next 
commingled with my genuine grief for the dead, injured and bereaved.

The horrendous event must not be used as an excuse for the continued 
slaughter of other innocents.

A terrible, terrible day for us all.  My heart goes out to my American 
friends on the list.

On Wednesday, 12 September 2001 11:31, Doug Millison 
[SMTP:nopynching at yahoo.com] wrote:
> Thanks, Chris, for passing that note along from the
> WRL.
>
> I'm saddened by the deaths and injuries, and extremely
> grateful that my brother survived so close to the
> World Trade Center. At the same time, I'm not at all
> comfortable with the  jingoistic propaganda that's
> already started to emerge -- Pres. Bush laid it out in
> stark Good v Evil terms in his address to the nation
> this evening (U.S. TV journalists have echoed that
> rhetoric all day), and given the violence that the
> U.S. has committed or condoned, that's a difficult
> position to sustain. Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.
>  This is a time to stop the violence, in my opinion,
> not to escalate it.
>
> From a letter circulated today by the group,
> Contemplative Outreach:
>
> "I ask all of us to be in solidarity and pray for all
> those who have died and injured,  to pray for everyone
> who has lost family or friends, (someone from own
> church in San Francisco knew a passenger on one of the
> high jacked planes!),  for all stressed rescue and
> military personnel, with all political leaders who
> face horrendous decisions, and to pray for the
> conversion of those who planned and committed these
> very foolish acts.  Support people you know who grieve
> or fear or are enraged."
>
>
>
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