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Re: An important message (fwd)
I know this has nothing to do w/ The Who...or any recent discussions
going on here lately, but I think this is really important and I thought
a lot of ppl need to read this. This is the first place I thought of to
send it.
........................................Matt
"Sickness can surely take the mind where minds can't usually go. Come on
the amazing journey and learn all you should know"
---The Who (pt)
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Subject: Re: An important message (fwd)
This touched me... I hope you also find it touching... PLEASE READ IT and
pass it on.
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Sun Dec 7 12:50:57 PST 1997
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 23:08:21 -0600 (CST)
From: Stephanie Zimmerman <musz1@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>
To: Quincy People <187545@sbuniv.edu>, a-bowen@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu,
cfry@knox.edu, fiore@eskimo.com, kristan@elmhcx9.elmhurst.edu,
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tblickha@coe.edu, tjones@a2.mckendree.edu
Cc: pitlord <pitlord@ncw.net>, Geoff Woitel <muglw1@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>,
Cliff Faust <mucjf@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>,
Ed Cavanaugh <muedc2@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>,
Jason Matlock <mujem11@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>, mutjt@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu,
Todd Schmidt <mutfs3@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>
Subject: Re: An important message (fwd)
okay... now i realize that this fwd is going to be long but, i'm going to
try and delete a lot of the fwd stuff before it.... it's a very moving
letter and deserves to be read by all!
__________ OO OO
| | OO OO
| | OO OO
__| __| OO OO
/ | / | OO OO
| HI | | HI | OO OO
\___| \___| OOOOOOOOOOOOOO
**JUST A LITTLE "NOTE" TO SAY HI** **HAVE A GOOD DAY**
this is neat. i was "touched," like all the other recipients of this.
don't delete this. save it, and read it when you have time. THIS IS NOT
A CHAIN LETTER, NOR DOES IT EVEN RESEMBLE ONE!!! just so you know.
yours emotionally,
_ matthew t. aimone
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>This really makes me think, What is important? School? Grades? No! It is My
>Family, My Friends, MY Love.
>
>I hope you all have not already received this, but if you have, you know
>that this is definitely worth reading again.
>
>This is a very moving message about what has just happened in Israel (the
>assasination of Rabin), and it is first account. Read it and then pass
>it on to as many people as you can, please. Also, pay attention to how
>many people this has been sent to all over the United States and the
>world, and read some of the personal messages as well.
>
>If you can wade through all the addresses below, there is a really
>touching message of war and piece. It comes from a girl (I think) from
>Israel who was at the demonstration in Tel Aviv the night Prime Minister
>Yitzhak Rabin was shot. Please read the following message and pass it on.
>
>i was really touched by this. i never realized how lucky we are to have
>peace...
>
>i agree with what the others here have said...this is worth your time.
>>I thought you should all get a chance to read a message from someone who
>>is experiencing the current turmoil in Israel. It's very moving, and I
>>think it's important to see how people there are reacting.
>>
>>>It's worth scrolling through all the names to see how many people around
>>>the country and around the world have read this message and were moved by
>>>it. Pass it on, if you like.
>>
>>It's not the usual jokes and syrupy sweet messages we normally forward to each
>>other.
>>
>>Sometimes we have to pull ourselves out of our little microcosmic worlds
>>and take notice of the pain and terror which ensues outside of our havens
>>of brick and ivy. As my friend who forwarded this to me said, this is
>>not the humorous banter which we usually forward...this is serious...it
>>deserves both our attention and our reverence. I share it with you and
>>hope that you will share it with others...
>>Lauren
>>
>>^^^^^yeah folks, she's got a point. i believe this to be an impotant
>>piece of writing... pass it on. read this
>>carefully -- it really touched me. pass it on. -- ashley
>>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->>
>>This letter has nothing to do with magic or elves. It is only a story I want
>>to tell to all of you brothers and sisters of my soul. A story of great
>>grief I have to share, and I invite you to be the ones who share it with me.
>>
>>To makes things clear, I first want to say that the "il" in my address
>>stands for Israel. And just to be sure you know (though I know it was
>>broadcasted all over the world earlier this evening), our prime minister,
>>Rabin, was murdered this evening by a right-winged extremist after speaking
>>in a huge demonstration in support of the peace process. I want to tell this
>>story.
>>
>>In the afternoon we went to the demonstration. It was a happy event - not
>>against anything, not to protest or fight, but to show support in our
>>government for it's efforts in building a new era of peace in this wars-torn
>>land. I don't know how many of you have ever been in such an event - the
>>sense of power is awesome. And it was huge. I estimate there were about 150-
>>200 thousand people there. We were filled with a wonderful feeling of joy,
>>of hope, seeing so many around us, great music, balloons, dancing, meeting
>>friends. A festival. And when the prime minister entered the stage, he was
>>greeted by a thunder off clapping hands. Not only because it was such a
>>joyous event, but also to show this man, a man that was cursed and spit upon
>>and called "traitor" by his adversaries time and again during the last few
>>months, a man that is blamed by them for every terrorist attack (because he
>>dares negotiate with the enemy), to show him people do believe in him and
>>admire what he does.
>>
>>I went home after he spoke, trying to avoid traffic, thinking the action was
>>nearly over. Little did I know. About an hour after I got home, we heard the
>>news - Rabin was shot. The first thing that rushed through my mind (after
>>"shit!"), was "Kennedy". I am sorry to borrow on your myth, Americans, but
>>this is all I could think of. And then, "oh gods, please let it end
>>differently". But it didn't. I decided to send a letter to the Elven Nation,
>>asking you to use any healing powers you might have to help him, but it was
>>too late. He died on the operations table and hour later.
>>After a few phone calls, we went back to the same square where the
>>demonstration was held. People started to gather - not as many as before,
>>but they kept coming. Wearing black, bearing candles and torches, engulfed
>>in smoke. And we just sat there, watching the white candles dripping tears,
>>the red torches dripping blood. Crying, hugging, singing softly (you
>>wouldn't believe how many songs of war and peace we have), shocked to our
>>bones. It was warm at the demonstration, but at two in the morning, it was
>>getting so cold.
>>
>>Every death is a tragedy. And Rabin was not an easy man. A hard man, and a
>>solider to the bone, which made him unpopular amongst both sides, pro and
>>con of the peace process. He was called "traitor" by both sides (which only
>>proves how well-fit he was for the job). But he lead this peace process
>>stubbornly, with full fait at heart. Being a soldier, he was hated by many
>>of the Arabs, but he also knew how much we need peace. He has brought us to
>>a point some of us see as a miracle in being (my father, who fought in many
>>wars with our neighbors, is going as a tourist to Jordan. You have no idea
>>how deeply he is moved by that). And for that I loved and admired him, even
>>though I didn't like many of the things he did in his life. The peace
>>process will go on. It can not be stopped, not by one murder. But this act
>>will definitely intensify the atmosphere of hatred that divides my country.
>>It is an act of violence that will lead to others. It scares the hell out of
>>me.
>>This is all. Tomorrow will probably be a day of national mourning. Now all I
>>have to do is takes a shower (after sitting in the middle of all that smoke)
>>and go to bed. But I keep seeing one picture. In the middle of the square,
>>someone used soul-candles (candles put on graves, usually) to form one huge
>>word. "Why?".
>>
>>Yael
>>
>>
>> ****************************************************************************
>>> "And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the
>>> winds long to play with your hair."
>>> --Kahlil Gibran
>>> ****************************************************************************
Amen -- PitLord <pitlord@ncw.net> (can we not live in pease?)