Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:52:11 11/25/03
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On November 24, 2003 at 18:04:41, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote: >Hello, > >We have to try to get the dimensions right here. > >In many parts of the world people are suffering in a way not comprehensible to >most of us "Westerners". Did you ever go hungry for more than two weeks for >example ? I didnt. Can you imagine what it means to starve to death ? I >certainly can not. >What is happening during a war is equally horrible. > >Now there is currently a (post-?)war going on for which the western world is at >least partly responsible. >Please note that I am not saying the war is "bad" or "(not?) justified" , I am >just stating the fact that without the USA and Great Britain there would not be >that war. > >Now since war always means incredible suffering for some people(see above), I >believe no one who is even remotely responsible (that includes me) has the right >to close his eyes before this suffering. >If we accept that people suffer horrible deaths I expect us to at least be men >enough to soberly witness that suffering, to understand what is happening. To >accept the hate this can provoke. > >While people are dying no one has the right to sit in his garden and tend the >flowers, and expect not to be disturbed. And I furthermore believe that everyone >who maybe feels this suffering a bit more than others has the right to provoke >those tending the flowers a bit more than usual. Absolutely _nobody_ has the right to take a photo of a dead person and use it in an attempt at humor, and an attempt to provoke anti-war responses. What if it were _your_ son's photo? That would make it different, wouldn't it? > > >Georg > > >>>>1. I just wish anyone else in the world would have made Brutus, besides Dr. D. >>>>Chrilly is a horrible person, and it makes me a little more than reluctant to >>>>purchase ANYTHING he puts out. >>> >>>I've never heard a bad thing about Chrilly? His reputation is pretty solid. To >>>slight him I think is uncalled for. >> >>If you're interested in hearing bad things about him, e-mail me. Or better yet, >>e-mail Bruce or Bob. ;) >>
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