*Please* leave politics off this list! Please!
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peter naiman wrote:
>
> My immediate thoughts were reactionary torward the people of Palestine, but
> I have a number of close Palestinian friends. We are all shocked and deeply
> saddened at yesterdays events. To see people, young and old in the Middle
> East reveling in victory is enough to set us off in a path of revenge. Time
> must pass so that we may find the true guilty parties. My friend recently
> brought his entire family back to the states fearing their safety. Although
> I'm Jewish and he is Palestinean Christian, we have been friends for many
> years. Many hours have spent talking over the problems in the Middle East.
> Although we never agree, and our points of view vary on a solution, we
> respect the each others opinion. He is just as horrified at yesterday's
> events and has never thought that revenge, violence and terrorism are a
> solution.
> Peter Naiman
>
> >From: bnbrox@igc.org (Bikes Not Bombs)
> >To: bnbrox@igc.org
> >Subject: Our Response to Terrorist Attacks
> >Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 17:05:19 -0400
> >
> >Dear BNB Supporter,
> >
> >I am writing because I believe that in the wake of the horrible and deadly
> >attacks in NYC and DC today, there is an opportunity for all thinking
> >people to take leadership and help our communities, local national and
> >international, to not take actions we will regret later.
> >
> >Almost without exception everyone I have contacted today is in some degree
> >of shock. Many people have been unable to tear themselves away from their
> >TV's, where they are shown, dozens of times an hour, the same footage of
> >the second airplane crashing into the World Trade Center Tower in NYC this
> >morning. Several of the teenagers who work at Bikes Not Bombs spent the
> >entire second half of their school days just watching these scenes on TV,
> >without discussion or help from the adults around them to deal
> >constructively (or at all!) with the tremendous emotions generated by the
> >horrible scenes they were witnessing.
> >
> >I am afraid that without our leadership there will be a series of strong,
> >negative backlashes. We are already seeing rampant speculation about the
> >involvement of Arab or Palestinian groups, and the director of the CIA is
> >inferring that an Arab state such as "Iraq or Iran" is also possibly
> >involved. I fear a wave of anti-Arab racism hurting innocent people all
> >over the US. I am also concerned about President Bush and the right wing
> >in this country using this attack as an opportunity to both introduce new,
> >anti-democratic restrictions in the name of security, AND as a wedge to get
> >the US to spend more scarce resources on the military.
> >
> >Things you can do:
> >
> >1) Contact your Congressional representatives (Senators and your House
> >Representative), and urge them to make public statements against rash
> >military or legal action against any parties or nations without due course
> >of law. President Bush said, "Freedom has been attacked, and freedom will
> >be defended." Please remind your representatives in Congress that we
> >cannot defend freedom without having freedom of speech and the freedoms of
> >democratic action. If there are concrete actions that can be taken that
> >would make these kinds of terrorist actions harder to accomplish in the
> >future, fine, let the US take those measures. But let us decide these
> >things after a reasoned debate, with evidence and hard facts. As a few of
> >the anti-terrorist experts they actually managed to quote on this morning's
> >news pointed out, there is no real way to defend against this particular
> >type of action. This is not a time for a general reduction of civil
> >liberties. Civil liberties do not lead to terrorist acts - rage,
> >injustice, inequality and feelings of powerlessness and hopelessness lead
> >to terrorist acts.
> >
> >Since all Federal office buildings are currently closed, your reps aren't
> >receiving phone calls, so below we have supplied the contacts for the Mass.
> >Reps, their e-mail addresses as well.
> >
> >2) Call your local media outlets and ask for a different type of coverage.
> >Ask to see the thousands of humanistic stories that are developing as New
> >Yorkers help one another out, as communities pull together and figure out
> >what to do, as rescue workers and others repeatedly risk their lives and
> >show great bravery. Cover the stories of how people all over are talking
> >to each other more on the streets today, about how parents are figuring out
> >ways to explain this horror to their children. Tell them that we want
> >responsible reporting and not speculation for a situation in which there is
> >no available evidence yet about which group "may" be responsible. Remind
> >the media reps that after the Oklahoma bombings there was widespread early
> >conclusions that "Arabs" were behind it, only for us to find out if was two
> >confused, sick, white men from the mid-western United StatesĀ.
> >
> >3) Contact BNB with your positive suggestions, both for things we can do in
> >response to these attacks and their aftermath, and for real ways to
> >increase security for all humankind. We'd love to hear your suggestions!
> >
> >Yours for peace,
> >
> >Mira Brown
> >Executive Director, BNB
> >
> >Massachusetts
> >Congressional Delegation
> >
> >SEN. EDWARD M. KENNEDY
> >
> >Address:
> >315 Russell Senate Office Building
> >Washington, D.C. 20510
> > Phone: (202) 224-4543
> >Fax: (202) 224-2417
> >E-Mail:
> >Senator Edward M. Kennedy
> >URL:
> >http://www.senate.gov/~kennedy/
> >
> >
> >SEN. JOHN KERRY
> >
> >Address:
> >421 Russell Senate Office Building
> >Washington, DC 20510
> > Phone: (202) 224-2742
> >Fax: (202) 224-8525
> >E-mail:
> >john_kerry@kerry.senate.gov
> >URL:
> >http://www.senate.gov/~kerry/
> >
> >
> >REP. JOHN W. OLVER (MA-01)
> >
> >Address:
> >1027 Longworth House Office Building
> >Washington, DC 20515
> > Phone: (202) 225-5335
> >Fax: (202) 226-1224
> >E-mail:
> >olver@hr.house.gov
> >URL:
> >http://www.house.gov/olver/
> >
> >
> >REP. RICHARD E. NEAL (MA-02)
> >
> >Address:
> >2236 Rayburn House Office Building
> >Washington, DC 20515
> > Phone: (202) 225-5601
> >Fax: (202) 225-8112
> >E-Mail:
> >wtranghe@hr.house.gov
> >URL:
> >http://www.house.gov/neal/
> >
> >
> >REP. JIM McGOVERN (MA-03)
> >
> >Address:
> >416 Cannon House Office Building
> >Washington, DC 20515
> > Phone: (202) 225-6101
> >Fax: (202 ) 225-5759
> >E-Mail:
> >http://www.house.gov/writerep/
> >URL:
> >http://www.house.gov/mcgovern/
> >
> >
> >REP.BARNEY FRANK (MA-04)
> >
> >Address:
> >2210 Rayburn House Office Building
> >Washington, DC 20515-2104
> > Phone: (202) 225-5931
> >Fax: (202) 225-0182
> >URL:
> >http://www.house.gov/frank/
> >
> >
> >REP. MARTIN T. MEEHAN(MA-05)
> >
> >Address:
> >2434 Rayburn HOB
> >Washington, DC 20515-2105
> > Phone: (202) 225-3411
> >Fax: (202) 225-0771
> >E-Mail:
> >mtmeehan@hr.house.gov
> >URL:
> >http://www.house.gov/meehan/
> >
> >
> >REP. JOHN TIERNEY (MA-06)
> >
> >Address:
> >120 Cannon House Office Building
> >Washington, DC 20515
> > Phone: (202) 225-8020
> >Fax: (202) 225-5915
> >
> >
> >REP. EDWARD J. MARKEY (MA-07)
> >
> >Address:
> >1208 Rayburn House Office Building
> >Washington, DC 20515
> > Phone: (202) 225-2836
> >Fax: (202) 225-1716
> >URL:
> >http://www.house.gov/markey/
> >
> >
> >REP. MICHAEL E. CAPUANO (MA-08)
> >
> >Address:
> >1232 Longworth House Office Building
> >Washington, DC 20515
> > Phone: (202) 225-5111
> >Fax: (202) 225-9322
> >URL:
> >http://www.house.gov/capuano/welcome.htm
> >
> >
> >REP. JOHN JOSEPH MOAKLEY (MA-09)
> >
> >Address:
> >235 Cannon House Office Building
> >Washington, DC 20515
> > Phone: (202) 225-8273
> >Fax: (202) 225-3984
> >E-Mail:
> >jmoakley@hr.house.gov
> >URL:
> >http://www.house.gov/moakley/
> >
> >
> >REP. WILLIAM DELAHUNT (MA-10)
> >
> >Address:
> >1317 Longworth House Office Building
> >Washington, DC 20515
> > Phone: (202) 225-3111
> >Fax: (202) 225-5658
> >E-Mail:
> >william.delahunt@mail.house.gov
> >URL:
> >http://www.house.gov/delahunt/
> >
> >Some Boston Area Media ContactsS
> >
> >New England Cable News
> >617-630-5024
> >feedback@necn.com
> >www.necnews.com
> >
> >WBZ-TV, Channel 4
> >News - 617-254-6383
> >Main - 617-254-5969
> >www.wbz.com
> >
> >WCVB-TV, Channel 5
> >781-449-0499
> >Nights - 781-433-4550
> >Fax - 781-449-0260
> >www.thebostonchannel.com
> >
> >WFXT-TV, Channel 25
> >781-467-1300
> >fax: 781-467-7213
> >askfox@fox.com
> >www.fox25.com
> >
> >WHDH-TV, Channel 7
> >617-725-0777
> >Nights - 617-725-0775
> >Fax: 617-723-6117
> > 617-227-4782 Newsroom
> >www.whdh.com
> >
> >WLVI-TV, Channel 56
> >617-265-5656
> >617-282-0938 Newsroom
> >Fax: 617-287-2872
> >wb56mail@aol.com
> >www.wb56.com
> >
> >WSBK-TV, Channel 38
> >617-783-3838
> >Fax: 617-783-1875
> >wsbkupn38@aol.com
> >www.upn38.com
> >
> >The Boston Globe
> >617-929-2000
> >Fax: 617-929-3186
> >news@globe.com
> >www.boston.com/globe
> >
> >The Boston Herald
> >617-426-3000
> >Fax: 617-542-1315
> >www.bostonherald.com