Taking action

[AVNERH]

Peggy,
I hope there is something to do in order to prevent a war.
How to preserve the evolving of  a more chaotic - self organized and not
controled world is bothering me lot.
I agree that in creating an open space/society the aspiration should be to
include all the extremes.
But I think that the space will allways have someone who will attack it
(statisticaly or according to Darvin).
In order to avoid it the space  must  include as well all those who are
close in opinions and feelings to the `invadors` and by that isolate and
reduce their danger and attack only them  if they are harmful.
There is asaying in our scripts that `Those who are mercyfull for the cruels
will eventually be cruel to the mercifull`

Avner Haramati
Israel

----- Original Message -----
From: Peggy Holman <peggy at OPENCIRCLECOMPANY.COM>
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 8:44 PM
Subject: Taking action


> So much of our public discourse today plays out through the media and
their
> broadcasting of politicians.  I have been sitting with the question of
what
> happens from here?  It occurs to me that rather than watching with great
> frustration as the politicians and media foment discord and speak of
> punishing those at fault, it is time to let them know that there are
voices
> who wish to see a different kind of response.  I have gathered e-mail
> addresses for people I thought important to reach.  Some are here because
> they are in positions of power and it seems important that they hear
another
> perspective.  I chose others because they seem to be searching for other
> alternatives and are respected.  You may have others you think worth
> contacting.
>
> So, I ask, as we talk to each other to make some sense out of this, please
> consider also contacting people with power and influence to let them know
we
> wish to see a different kind of response.  The note I am sending follows
the
> addresses I've located.
>
> Peggy
>
> ABC News  http://abcnews.go.com/service/help/abccontact.html
> (I'm contacting Ted Koppel)
>
> ABC World news tonight with Peter Jennings
> http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/WorldNewsTonight/WNT_newemail_form.html
>
> CBS News with Dan Rather evening at cbsnews.com
>
> NBC News with Tom Brokaw Nightly at NBC.com
>
> Lots of NBC contact addresses: http://www.msnbc.com/news/435157.asp#nbc
>
> CNN news http://www.cnn.com/CNN/askcnn/
>
> Bill Moyers programming at thirteen.org     (this one's a bit of a guess)
>
> Oprah Winfrey http://www.oprah.com/email/reach/email_reach_fromu.html
>
>
> President George W. Bush: president at whitehouse.gov
>
> Vice President Dick Cheney: vice.president at whitehouse.gov
>
> Senators  http://www.senate.gov/
>
> House of Representatives  http://www.house.gov/writerep/
>
> Working Assets Long Distance
> http://www.workingforchange.com/help/contact_topic.cfm
>
>
>
> MY MESSAGE
>
> The World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks create an enormous opportunity
> for unity.  These unspeakable acts dramatically draw most of us together
in
> our shock and disbelief.  What about those who celebrate it?  Who are
they?
> What is it that moves them to joy as the rest of us are moved to tears?
>
> Their stories are a vital part of what happens next.  As a person with
great
> influence and power, I implore you to tell us their stories.  Why do I
want
> to know?  Because it is by understanding their humanity that the greatest
> chance for healing all of us occurs.
>
> We can respond, as we always do, with swift, and just military vengeance.
> We have centuries of experience of the results of this course.  It simply
> breeds more of the same.
>
> At this time when we are all grieving for the people directly affected and
> those close to them, let us respond differently.  Help us to understand
the
> anger that turns such atrocity into valid action so that we can face the
> enemy and see their humanity in ourselves.
>
> Rather than deepen the divide, help us bridge it.
>
> Sincerely,
> Peggy Holman
>
> P.S.  Here are some other voices speaking eloquently to this issue.
>
>
> The Mayor of New York says "this was an unprovoked act against innocent
men
> women and children."
>
> I write to use all means available to simply say, there is no cause
without
> a cause. The creation of terrorism must be understood and dealt with at
the
> root of what creates people whose lives are pained enough to make this
kind
> of move. Everything is provoked. We must understand the deeper picture of
> human reality.
>
> Dr. Douglass Carmichael
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> If, as the Dalai Lama has said, we have moved from a century of war to a
> century of dialogue, then our choice is clear. On a scale never before
> imaginable, we must know our enemy - not forgive them; not excuse them;
and
> not appease them  - but KNOW them. We must know them in our hearts and
> respond to them with a wisdom that passeth all understanding.
>
> Mark Gerzon
>
> _______________________________________________
> To Mark Gerzon's comments I would add a challenge to further our knowing
of
> ourselves: we must take up the painful question, How are the horrific acts
> perpetrated today similar to acts -- fast and slow -- perpetrated within
> recent memory and every day by the United States, other nations with
similar
> blindnesses, and transnational corporations? Can we come to acknowledge
our
> share of culpability in fostering the conditions that have nurtured the
rage
> and determination we saw today?
>
> Meeting the heart of the enemy means being willing to see ourselves. New
> wisdom in response to a new understanding will demand that we change our
> lives -- not in order to seek greater security, but to stand down from the
> ongoing provocations for which we have been responsible.
>
> Halim Dunsky
>
>
>
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>
> Peggy Holman
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