[960] in peace2
WTC and response: NO MORE CARNAGE, NO WAR!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Outcalt)
Thu Sep 13 10:16:07 2001
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 10:19:18 -0400
To: john_kerry@kerry.senate.gov
From: Jan Outcalt <jano@MIT.EDU>
Cc: peace-list@mit.edu, s30@mit.edu
With the call for more carnage coming from all directions, I think it is
essential that those adamantly desiring an alternate approach express their
points of view.
The following link will take you to a list of all Senators. From their web
pages, one can send an email address, and obtain phone numbers and
addresses.
Since Congress is currently debating war measures, it is imperative that we
ACT NOW.
http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/Legislative_Branch/Senate/Senato
rs/
Jan
What follows is the content of two out of three emails I just sent (the
third was to Senator Kennedy).
I will also be printing these out and forwarding them through regular mail.
Dear Senator Kerry
Please review my comments below, sent to Senator Clinton.
Please do not support the call for blood, war, more carnage, the loss of
more innocent life. This will do nothing to resolve this tragedy, and
nothing to deter further terrorism. Please show statespersonship in
calling for a measured, effective response, and not simple blood
retribution. The last thing our country needs is to be at war.
Jan Outcalt
Dear Senator Rodham-Clinton
For shame!
While watching the news last night, I saw your whole-hearted (and I believe
politically motivated) endorsement of "retaliation". This is not the
response of a statesperson and leader, but the scripted response of one
thinking ahead to future elections and political aspirations.
We do not need more carnage. This tragic event is truly a nightmare, and
of course must be taken very seriously. However, if Resident (sic) Bush is
given carte blanche to declare war somewhere (something I am sure he was
planning to do long before this crisis-- he does owe a lot of people a lot
of money in kickbacks), thousands of innocent women, men and children will
die. This will very likely include US military personnel and impoverished,
desperate people in the third world.
Please show greater statespersonship and demand a measured criminal
investigation. Demand justice through the courts, not bombs. We will
never end terrorism by committing more acts of terrorism ourselves.
However, if we can begin a real process of communication, exchange,
negotiation, and change; if we can begin to rectify the power imbalance
between the haves and have-nots; if we can show greater respect for peoples
throughout the world, the support base of terrorism will be drastically
undermined.
Do not give in to the cry for blood, a cry motivated by fear, money, and
political aspirations. Please show some real leadership and call for a
peaceful resolution through a criminal investigation. We do not need a
dangerous war.
Jan Outcalt
