Bin Laden

[cfabel]

Well put.

C. F. Abel
Chair
Department of Government
Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches, Texas 75962
(936) 468-3903




-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf Of kelber at mindspring.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 9:13 AM
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: Bin Laden

I'm repelled by the vulgarity of the responses, ranging from the Daily News headline:  Rot In Hell; to the suggestions that this legitimizes the use of torture; to the naive statements from people who should know better that, golly, I guess we'll be pulling out of Afghanistan now; to the bands of morons roaming the streets chanting: USA! USA!; to the jingoistic outbursts of people who claim to be politically progressive; to the people who decry the death penalty, but openly exult over this application of it; to the people who unashamedly cheer over one death as if it mitigates any other death.  Question:  the suicide-hijackers who actually perpetrated the 9-11 attack (does anyone even remember their names?) -- why didn't we have a big cheering rally about their deaths?  Sure, I know, we were busy mourning.  But they were the ones who actually sat on the planes, walked past the people they were abut to murder and looked them in the eye.  Do we vilify their names, dance on their graves?  No.  We go for the ea

Laura


-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
>Sent: May 3, 2011 10:35 AM
>To: kelber at mindspring.com, pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Bin Laden
>
>washingtonpost The Washington Post
>You know that MLK quote everybody's posting? Martin Luther King never said that. 
>http://wapo.st/mS6Ftu #Osama #OBL
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>----- Original Message ----
>From: "kelber at mindspring.com" <kelber at mindspring.com>
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Sent: Tue, May 3, 2011 9:01:07 AM
>Subject: RE: Bin Laden
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>Thank you, Michael.  A welcome antidote to all the jingoistic excess.
>
>Laura
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>-----Original Message-----
>>From: cfabel <cfabel at sfasu.edu>
>>Sent: May 3, 2011 8:23 AM
>>To: 'Michael Bailey' <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>, 'P-list' 
>><pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>Subject: RE: Bin Laden
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>>Yes.
>>
>>C. F. Abel
>>Chair
>>Department of Government
>>Stephen F. Austin State University
>>Nacogdoches, Texas 75962
>>(936) 468-3903
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On 
>>Behalf Of Michael Bailey
>>Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 1:50 AM
>>To: P-list
>>Subject: Re: Bin Laden
>>
>>Richard Fiero wrote:
>>> Every nitwit in the country is out of the woodwork
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>>not yet but here I am...
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>>however, the message I bear is simple and true:
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>>I will mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not 
>>rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for 
>>hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid 
>>of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that.
>>Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." ~ Martin Luther 
>>King Jr
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>>--
>>"...seems the simplest things are hardest to explain" - Dave Mason
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