another peel of the onion

2001-10-05 Thread Julie Smith
Greetings All, The organization I work with sponsored a public forum this week concerning recent world events. The purpose was to enter into a dialogue about what happened and what our response should be. I found myself silenced by the way in which the panel and the audience defined the issue

Re: another peel of the onion

2001-10-05 Thread kenoli Oleari
Julie -- So here are some thoughts I had today and earlier that are brought up by your note. 1) Why have Americans been so out of touch and un-empathetic with the experience of the rest of the world? I am amazed at the abject surprise of people at the WTC events. I read about such things even

Re: another peel of the onion

2001-10-06 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
In a message dated 10/5/01 3:59:59 PM, ken...@igc.org writes: << Why is it so easy to get so many people riled up about war and willing to spend huge amounts of money and resources on war, when we never see this kind of unity or excitement about creating a peaceful, egalitarian or environmentally

Re: another peel of the onion

2001-10-08 Thread Meg Salter
MegaSpace Consulting 416/486-6660 meg.sal...@sympatico.ca www.megaspaceconsulting.com - Original Message - From: Julie Smith To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 2:29 PM Subject: another peel of the onion Greetings All, The organization I work