Re: Re[2]: [ga] what we share

[Alexander Svensson <alexander@svensson.de>]

Dear fellow GA members, 
all our thoughts are with the people in New York City
and Washington and their friends and families; with
Joanna, Danny and all the others. It's a saddening tragedy 
beyond belief. This September 11th may be a turning point 
in many ways*, and we /have/ to make sure that the change 
is for the better, not the worse -- also by stopping the 
backlash by those who abuse the horrible attack to take 
vengeance on innocents. 

All the best,
/// Alexander

* For a first net-related taste of what comes, try 
http://www.politechbot.com/p-02501.html or 
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46747,00.html


Joop Teernstra wrote on 13.09.01, 03:40:37:
> At 16:48 12/09/01, William X Walsh wrote:
>>They are happening.  Regretfully, several Islamic communities, and
>>religious centers have received telephone threats this evening here in
>>the state of California.
>>
>>This was not an attack by an ethnicity or religion. This was an attack
>>on America and the American people, of all ethnicities and religions.
>>
>>This was an attack on the peace and dignity of the world really.
>>
>>No Americans should be singled out, because of their ethnicity or
>>religion.  They are as repulsed, angry, and shocked by this attack as
>>any other Americans.  We shouldn't subject them to another reason to
>>fear.  There is already enough fear this day.

> About this I wholly agree with William.
> The threat of a backlash towards American innocents of Arab descent is all
> too real.
> It's Pearl Habour all over again, minus an identified responsible party.
> Worse for the civil liberties: the war on the shadows has now started.
> Collateral damage may create the breeding ground for new and more dangerous
> terrorism, springing directly from American soil.

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