Re: Bitter Fruit - America's Secret Shame

2005-11-30 Thread Nick Arnett
On 11/30/05, Alex Gogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I apologise sometimes I actually do forget that almost every family has > been touched in the US my this in some sense or other. So I apologise for > not having a rider message on top. Wes was your nephew?? Correct -- my niece's husband. A

Re: Bitter Fruit - America's Secret Shame

2005-11-30 Thread Alex Gogan
On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:24:14 -0800 Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of the > ways I've chosen to respond to Wes' death is to try to encourage and lead > appropriate public memorials. As tempting as it is to resent, blame, etc., > with each day I more firmly reject that path. I don't

Re: Bitter Fruit - America's Secret Shame

2005-11-30 Thread Nick Arnett
On 11/30/05, Alex Gogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ... up to 80 per cent of Iraq veterans are suffering from severe > postâ€_traumatic stress symptoms and levels of drug and alcohol abuse are > soaring. That number sounds awfully high... but the figures I've seen show twice the rate of PTSD a

Re: Bitter Fruit - America's Secret Shame

2005-11-30 Thread Alex Gogan
On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 23:07:50 + Alex Gogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was watching a program late last night it was on Channel 4 (uk) called > Dispatches. It was entitled AMERICA'S SECRET SHAME > > http://www.channel4.com/news/microsites/A/americas_secret_shame/index.html > > It was very

Re: Bitter Fruit - America's Secret Shame

2005-11-30 Thread Alex Gogan
I was watching a program late last night it was on Channel 4 (uk) called Dispatches. It was entitled AMERICA'S SECRET SHAME http://www.channel4.com/news/microsites/A/americas_secret_shame/index.html It was very sad, but also a eye opener in some areas as well, on how the US government catagoris