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<DIV>In a message dated 7/13/2005 2:07:03 PM Pacific Standard Time,
therese.fitzpatrick@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000>Paul
wrote: I'm sorry if you assumed there would be a session on<BR>"muslims"
at Halifax.<BR>Never was in my mind at all. I was surprised to see that
it somehow arose<BR>> in yours. And I tend to agree with you that
such a session would 'go<BR>> nowhere', as I witnessed one such between
Jews and Palestinians at the<BR>> Practice of Peace here in Washington
State a year or so ago. Excellent<BR>> points were made, ideas
exchanged, lots of tension, correction, testy<BR>> exchanges, etc., but I
doubt any minds were changed. No blows were<BR>> exchanged,
either. <STRONG> And, as far as I can tell, which isn't far, nothing
of<BR>> substance changed in the situation,
either.<BR></STRONG></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>Therese,</DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you for that summary of what happened from the PoP conference.
Please note that I do not have the same sources of information that you
do. Please also note I was NOT talking about the outcome(s) of the
conference, which you enumerated, but only of the discussion I witnessed.
Please note my last sentence. Apparently I was incorrect, minds were
changed. That is good. It is also not usual. The Isreali/Palestinian
situation may be slowly resolving. I am not inherently optimistic about the
capacity of humans for peaceful resolution of issues. The world does not
reflect it very often.</DIV>
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<DIV>I don't know what is agitating you so (damn) much. In an earlier
post you denigrated white men in power, as if the reason things were going badly
was because they were white men. I am a white man. Am I some
unholy Other because I'm a white man? I also strongly resented your
continued use of my name in your post in a derogatory manner. I got the
message, I didn't need the put downs. Reminded me of Anthony's speech
where he whips up the masses against Ceasar's assassins. Are you wanting
to whip up the masses?? To what end? Violence? As I said, it
is the inner violence which must be tamed before there will be a world without
outer violence. That requires Consciousness. Read up on the Senoi
Indians of the Malay Penninsula. It will be instructive.</DIV>
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<DIV>The whole thing left a foul taste in my mouth and heart and mind.</DIV>
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<DIV>Paul Everett</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>
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