Klarinet Archive - Posting 000366.txt from 2001/09

From: alevin@-----. Levin)
Subj: Re: [kl] Terrorism
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 17:13:31 -0400

Gee:

I'm not Christian and I wasn't in the least bit offended!

Allen

At 04:39 PM 9/11/01 -0400, you wrote:
>on 9/11/01 3:46 PM, Allen J. Levin at alevin@-----.net wrote, in part:
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>> .....Leave it to this group to argue over the merit of heartfelt
>> outpourings. That is exactly how so many people in this world have been
>> harmed by such lunacy.
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>...nonsense...this kind of gratuitous observation contributes nothing useful
>to those trying to deal with this catasrophe. I would make two points:
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>[1] I worked in the Pentagon for many years and know that several friends
>and former colleagues have been either killed or injured. Expressions of
>sympathy are quite appropriate. But there is no reason in our secular
>society to define those emotions in terms of any particular religion. I can
>assure you that the sensitivities of some of those who may well be victims
>of this unspeakble outrage would be offended...several of them were *not*
>Christian.
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>[2] No one is arguing over the "merits" or sincerity of those who spoke in
>Christian religious terms. Only that such an approach can be hurtful, and
>maybe even offensive to those of another religion...or indeed no religion.
>To further suggest that raising this issue equates in some way to "lunacy"
>that does harm in the world is, in my view, pretty extreme. I hope this was
>not a serious comment.
>
>Fred Sterns
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