My sincerest apologies to all for posting something that is not "specific to Tompkins county". Before posting the email, I did check the validity of the claim and then embedded links to legitimate news papers covering the topic. Guess I still learning how this gourp defines "social justice" within sustainability movement.
Again, for those I've offended, I send an electronic hug and vow to refrain from future postings. Deb Eichten On 1/16/08, Simon St.Laurent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The message below is about a subject that deserves great respect, but > I'd like to request that members of this list remember that this is a > mailing list about sustainability and specifically Tompkins County. > > The message below appears to be a general political message. However > valuable its content, there is no sign whatsoever that it was tailored > for this list. It appears to be about neither sustainability (unless > perhaps you stretch the word to mean general goodness) or the county. > > In fact, it even describes itself as a chain letter. > > Please take a moment to consider whether your messages are on topic for > this list before sending them here. > > Thank you very much, > Simon St.Laurent > > > Deb Eichten wrote: > > It is a matter of history that when Supreme Commander of the > Allied > > Forces, General Dwight Eisenhower, found the victims of the death camps > > he ordered all possible photographs to be taken, and for the German > people > > from surrounding villages to be ushered through the camps and > > even made to bury the dead. > > > > He did this because he said in words to this effect: 'Get it all on > record > > now - get the films - get the witnesses - because somewhere down > > the track of history some bastard will get up and say that this never > > happened' > > > > 'All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do > > nothing.' Edmund Burke > > > > > > In Memorial > > > > This week, the UK removed The Holocaust from its school curriculum > > because it 'offended' the Muslim population which claims it never > > occurred. This is a frightening portent of the fear that is gripping the > > world and how easily each country is giving into it. > > > > > > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=445979&in_page_id=1770 > > > > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article1600686.ece > > > > It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended. > > This e-mail is being sent as a memorial chain, in memory of the: > > > > 20 million Russians, > > > > 10 million Christians > > > > 6 million Jews, and > > > > 1,900 Catholic priests > > > > > > who were murdered, massacred, raped, burned, starved and humiliated > while > > the German and Russian peoples looking the other way! > > > > Now, more than ever, with Iran, among others, claiming the Holocaust to > be > > 'a myth,' it is imperative to make sure the world never forgets. This > > e-mail is intended to reach 40 million people worldwide! > > > > Be a link in the memorial chain and help distribute this around the > world. > > > > How many years will it be before the attack on the World Trade Center > > 'never happened' because it offends some Muslim in the U.S. ?????? > > > > Don't just delete this. It will take a minute to pass this along. > > > > <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article1600686.ece> > > _______________________________________________ > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > > [email protected] > > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > > > > !DSPAM:478e1f90233511277382813! > > > > _______________________________________________ > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
