[meteorite-list] COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC

From: magellon <magellon_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:07 2004
Message-ID: <3E96C5FB.9CD8F6E0_at_earthlink.net>

Pierre and All,
Please forgive my insensitive questions.
I think we ALL need each other and I reqret disrupting the
harmony of the List.
Let's drop this now, please.
Best,
ken newton

rochette wrote:

> Dear list
>
> my message triggered a political burst on the list, with a lot of insulting
> and some supporting messages (from people who prefer to be kept anonymous,
> and I fully understand them). My message was not political, I did not
> express any opinion on who is right who is wrong in this war. I just
> expressed my deep disgust (too violently I acknowledge) in the confront of
> the indecency of the offer to discuss the merit of the Iraki strewnfields,
> while the blood pools in the streets are still fresh and more blood is yet
> to come all around the country, disregarding the justification of these
> facts. I was not insulting the USA nor its citizens, nor its army. I was
> just asking some of you to be able to understand and respect the
> contrasting feelings that occur all around the world, and that are shared
> by some list members. Now if you feel that non patriotic US citizens should
> quit the meteorite-list, it will be a pleasure for me to unsubscribe. I
> have plenty of friends in the USA for me to discuss with and understand the
> constrasting feelings there. I do not equate any given US citizen to its
> government posture, so please (some of you) do not assume that any
> frenchman is an enemy (and by the way I have not heard that my president
> was a declared enemy of the USA).
>
> Thanks!
>
> Pierre
>
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Received on Fri 11 Apr 2003 09:41:16 AM PDT