Klarinet Archive - Posting 000377.txt from 2001/09

From: "Franklin Kercher" <kranwli@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] A Time for Prayer and Forensics
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 20:53:18 -0400

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From: Bear Woodson <bearwoodson@-----.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 6:59 PM
Subject: [kl] A Time for Prayer and Forensics

Thats true! The Spanish-American war is an example of what responding
before the facts can do. When the USS Maine was sunk, several newspapers
jumped in and claimed it was sunk by a mine planted by the Spanish,
creating a fervor for retalliation. New observances of the hull shows the
explosion was fron INSIDE the hull. Mainly the boiler room. Willie

>Hello, Everyone.
>
> I'm on several Instrument and Composer Lists. A
>few people have expressed rage against certain groups
>for the terrorist bombing of the World Trade Center
>Buildings and the Pentagon. Right now, we don't have
>all the facts.
>
> This is a time for Prayer for the dead, injured and
>their families, as well as a time for cautious, logical
>science, to do the Forensics necessary to find out who
>did, and who did not, do this act of war.
>
> It we run around accusing the wrong people, we
>would be no better than the terrorists, who just killed
>thousands of people, who have never harmed them.
>Justice may be slow, but it can be thorough and
>correct, when it is careful.
>
> In the last 20 years, there have been many movies
>about a psychotic American Military Man, or an angry
>Third Government or Terrorist Group, that would be
>happy to have the US and another Political Group
>nuke each other. We need to KNOW who did this,
>and NOT mistakenly accuse someone, who may have
>been Framed for this evil act!
>
> Let's remember that 6,000 years ago, Persia was a
>great culture, and many Middle Eastern and European
>Cultures and Religions are now descended at least partly
>from them. We owe a lot to the great people of those
>ancient cultures. There are always great and evil people
>in every culture; lets show our respect to the good
>things, and avoid emulating the bad things.
>
> JFK's assassination was at least covered-up by ALL
>of the American Congress, and Timothy McVeigh was
>hardly a foreigner. We have too many evil people here,
>who might have been a part of this act of terrorism. I
>think we need to be scientific, and not accuse anyone
>of anything, until after a LOT of data is gathered.
>
> This is a Time for Prayer and Forensics, not anger
>at people who might be innocent. I'm very worried for
>our friends in New York, Washington D.C., and
>Shanksville Pennsylvania. My Prayers and Love to
>all of you.
>
>
> Bear Woodson
> Composer, Tucson, Arizona, USA
>
>
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