On 7 Aug 2002 at 16:23, Balbir Blugan wrote:
> It's been interesting taking a look into the the emails you have all
> been sending to each other over the last few weeks.
>
> It is a shame to see that as apparently educated people some of you
> seem to pride yourselves in being able to select only arguements to
> build you own cases, though the true intellect considers and values
> all evidence and attempts as balances an approach as possible.
>
> The questions (not opinions!) I would like to raise are as follows:
>
> 1. How many of you are americans?
> 2. How many of you have actually ever travelled outside of america? 3.
> How many of you have been academically taught international history?
> 4. How many of you have experienced soldiers of an invading army
> running through your streets? 5. How many of you have actually
> experienced war/the aftermath of war?
>
> As somebody who has worked with various agencies and in refugee camps
> in Bosnia, Kosova and Israel/Palestine, your positions seem to be
> those of a comfortable armchair in a comparatively affluent
> environment.
>
> Disconcertingly, a few of you actually seem to believe what the
> american government tell you. But I would like to quote an old tutor
> of mine who was mentioned in todays "Guardian" www.guardian.co.uk
>
> Richard Dawkins, Oxford Scholar, suggested that Mr Bush was just as
> much of a danger to world peace as Saddam, adding "It would be a
> tragedy if Tony Blair were to be brought down through playing poodle
> to this unelected and stupid little oil spiv"
>
> You must surely be aware that one of the reasons Bush wants to begin
> war in the not too distant future is that election time will be coming
> around, and for some reason, americam presidents seem to get their
> most support (the ending period of Vietnam aside) during war.
>
> I will now remove mysef from the virus list.
>
Have a nice life. I do not feel that being a US citizen is something that I
should have to shamefacedly admit to as if it were some embarassing
secret; I am glad that, in this world, I am a US citizen. And I have traveled
abroad, although not to the refugee camps you claim to have worked within.
And what the american government tells people seems extremely credible
compared to the 9/11 conspiracy theories and Jewish blood libels
propagated through Islamic presses. It certainly checks out better.
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