Re: [CTRL] Petition

[Mrs. Jela Jovanovic]

----- Original Message ----- From: Toupadakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Recipient List Suppressed:;> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 6:13 AM Subject: Petition > Please lend your support to this petition.  Copy the body of the message > and all the names below into the text of a new message.  Add your name > to the list and forward to as many people as you know. > > If you are person 150 on the list, please forward the entire email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and then forward a new copy of the email to > your friends with your name as number 1. > Thanks > > > Dear Mr. President, > > Dear Mr. Vice President, > > We the undersigned are writing to you at this moment > to express our profound sadness at the events of > September 11th, and to plead with you and those making > the very difficult decisions which have to be made at > this time for calm and a non-retaliatory stance. > > We have all been deeply affected by this tragedy and > our hearts and sympathies go to all those who died and > to the loved ones they left behind. In the wake of > this event there is shock and sadness, and emotions > run very high. It is human to want to respond quickly, > to find those responsible and ensure that this cannot > happen again anywhere. However, retaliating with more > violence only breeds more violence and ensures that > future generations will live in fear with mistrust and > suffering. We urge you and our fellow citizens to > remember that vengeance offers no relief, that > retaliation can never guarantee healing and that to > meet violence with violence breeds more rage and more > senseless deaths. Only love leads to peace with > justice. > > We believe it is our duty as a civilized nation to > rise above the desire for retaliation and to find a > way of dealing with this tragedy that is peaceful and > good. We do not ask that we ignore that this happened > or that those who are responsible not be held > accountable. Rather we ask that we lead the world as > an example of another way, a better way for all > mankind. Further violence and the deaths of more > innocent people will not resolve this situation or > ensure the safety of future generations. This is > truly an opportunity to show the world that leadership > is earned, not imposed through violence and bullying > tactics. Please Mr. President, give us all hope for a > future where good will truly prevail over evil, and > where violence has no place. Our goal should be to > build bridges of love, respect and understanding among > all people. This is the only way to ensure that the > tragedy of September 11th and similar tragedies around > the world do not happen again. > > 1. Maura Duignan, San Francisco, CA 94110 > 2. Sarah Ellison, San Francisco, CA 94110 > 3. Katie Bonier, San Francisco, CA 94114 > 4. Jane Cote, Somerville, MA 02144 > 5. Cynthia Pratt, Wellesley, MA 02481 > 6. Hermine Makman, Cambridge, MA 02138 > 7. Dorothy Burlage, Newton, MA 02458 > 8. Emmie Adams, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819 > 9.  Joan C. Browning, Ronceverte WV  24970 > 10. Gonzalo Santos, Bakersfield CA 93304 > 11. John Travis Eureka, CA 55503 > 12. Melanie Williams, Arcata, CA 95521 > 13. Michael W. Stowell, Arcata, CA 95521 > 14. Andreas Toupadakis, Livermore, CA 94550     15. Kostas Konstantinidis, Athens Greece, TT 152.31     16, Jela Jovanovic, Belgrade, Yugoslavia > > "Listen to everyone, read everything, believe nothing unless you can prove > it in your own research." > -- William Cooper > > > > http://globalcomment.com/articles/currentaffairs/andreas/bush.htm > > "The time has come, or is about to come, when only large-scale civil > disobedience, which should be nonviolent, can save the populations from the > universal death which their governments are preparing for them." > < Bertrand Russell > > > > > >