[meteorite-list] COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC
From: Howard Wu <freewu2000_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:07 2004 Message-ID: <20030412005902.22900.qmail_at_web9301.mail.yahoo.com> --0-820588429-1050109142=:22626 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I've alway felt our shared interest in these extraterrestials can inspire international goodwill. And the people we meet while studying meteorites contribute to world peace and univeresal understanding. I like that I've gotten meteorites from Africans, Austrians, Australians, Americans, English, French,Czecks and Chileans. Now even Chicagoans...... Howard Wu magellon <magellon_at_earthlink.net> wrote: 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 > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list --------------------------------- Yahoo! Plus - For a better Internet experience --0-820588429-1050109142=:22626 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <P> I've alway felt our shared interest in these extraterrestials can inspire international goodwill. And the people we meet while studying meteorites contribute to world peace and univeresal understanding. I like that I've gotten meteorites from Africans, Austrians, Australians, Americans, English, French,Czecks and Chileans. Now even Chicagoans...... <P>Howard Wu <P> <B><I>magellon &lt;magellon_at_earthlink.net&gt;</I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Pierre and All,<BR>Please forgive my insensitive questions.<BR>I think we ALL need each other and I reqret disrupting the<BR>harmony of the List.<BR>Let's drop this now, please.<BR>Best,<BR>ken newton<BR><BR>rochette wrote:<BR><BR>> Dear list<BR>><BR>> my message triggered a political burst on the list, with a lot of insulting<BR>> and some supporting messages (from people who prefer to be kept anonymous,<BR>> and I fully understand them). My message was not political, I did not<BR>> express any opinion on who is right who is wrong in this war. I just<BR>> expressed my deep disgust (too violently I acknowledge) in the confront of<BR>> the indecency of the offer to discuss the merit of the Iraki strewnfields,<BR>> while the blood pools in the streets are still fresh and more blood is yet<BR>> to come all around the country, disregarding the justification of these<BR>> facts. I was not insul ting the USA nor its citizens, nor its army. I was<BR>> just asking some of you to be able to understand and respect the<BR>> contrasting feelings that occur all around the world, and that are shared<BR>> by some list members. Now if you feel that non patriotic US citizens should<BR>> quit the meteorite-list, it will be a pleasure for me to unsubscribe. I<BR>> have plenty of friends in the USA for me to discuss with and understand the<BR>> constrasting feelings there. I do not equate any given US citizen to its<BR>> government posture, so please (some of you) do not assume that any<BR>> frenchman is an enemy (and by the way I have not heard that my president<BR>> was a declared enemy of the USA).<BR>><BR>> Thanks!<BR>><BR>> Pierre<BR>><BR>> ______________________________________________<BR>> Meteorite-list mailing list<BR>> Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com<BR>> http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list<BR><BR><BR>_________________________ _____________________<BR>Meteorite-list mailing list<BR>Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com<BR>http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list</BLOCKQUOTE><p><p><br><hr size=1><a href="http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=8613/*http://uk.yahoo.com/mail/tagline_plus/?http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/yplus/btoffer.html"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">Yahoo! Plus - For a better Internet experience</font></b></a><br> --0-820588429-1050109142=:22626-- Received on Fri 11 Apr 2003 08:59:02 PM PDT |
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