Not Americans but American supporters, allies, friends of Americans and
Western ideas.
Bertina Miller
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On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Candi Chruchill wrote:
>
> It was YOU who were being racist by ignoring the hundreds of
> African-Americans killed and thousands injured in the Bin Ladin
> planned and financed truckbombings of the two embassies in Kenya
> and Tanzania. Anyone disagree here?
>
> Umm...Many Africans were killed Joe, not African-Americans...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Monday, September 07, 1998 1:56 PM
> To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT
> Subject: Re: Why men batter women
>
> Date sent: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 17:23:19 +0100
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> From: Richard Twine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Why men batter women
>
> > joe, i guess from your e-mail address that you are a student (it doesn't mean you
>have
> > to be devoid of style), but please do try and show an ounce of maturity. It was
> > obvious to everyone except you of course, that I was referring to those people who
> > died during the american terrorism (responding to initial terrorism) who were *not
> > involved* in any terrorist acts whatsoever. For example, the 6 lives ended in
>pakistan
> > by the stray american missile (doh!! er like gee sorry). Ignoring these lives is
> > racist pure and simple. And being racist is not being an ecofeminist, anyone
>disagree
> > here?
>
> It was YOU who were being racist by ignoring the hundreds of
> African-Americans killed and thousands injured in the Bin Ladin
> planned and financed truckbombings of the two embassies in Kenya
> and Tanzania. Anyone disagree here?
>
> > Angela, far be it from me to define what an ecofeminist is, but I think it might
>be a
> > little bit more than a belief in the connection between the domination of women and
> > nature. Pretty much anyone can be convinced of this. Start someone off on the
>easily
> > accessible discourse of 'mother earth', and then its pretty straightforward to
>educate
> > someone about the double bind of the feminisation of nature, and the flip side, the
> > naturalisation of women. So, its down to beliefs for sure (ecological, profeminist,
> > *anti-racist* and anti-capitalist) but its also down to what you do in your
>everyday
> > life to embody these beliefs. In addition, it also helps if you've read a lot of
>the
> > recent literature on ecofeminism to get an idea on the diversity of the movement.
>For
> > specific ecofeminist writing on the issue of 'race' I recommend Noel Sturgeon's
> > "Ecofeminist Natures" (1997) on Routledge, and Val Plumwood writes equally
>important
> > stuff on colonialism from an ecofeminist perspective. Anyway there's an extensive
> > bibliography at my web-site that would keep even the most bookish occupied for
>months.
> >
> > cheers,
> > richard
> > __________________________________________
> > http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/8385/ecofemlinks.html
> >
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