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Tom appears to have misunderstood my e-mail. I did not describe his 'plight in the U.S. and urgent need for inspiration' or his concerns about the humanitarian situation in Iraq as 'nonsense.' The 'nonsense' I referred to was this fruitless back and forth about the appropriateness or otherwise of posting non-Iraq related e-mails to a discussion list about Iraq. Perhaps some clarification from the List Moderator can help resolve this point. I might add that I have no desire to block Tom's e-mails since some of them contain useful information. Best wishes, Gabriel PS Tom writes that 'there seems little support for [George] Galloway.' It might interest him to learn that here in Britain defending GG appears to have been one of the main activities of the Stop the War Coalition (the biggest anti-war grouping). PPS The idea of Daniel Pipes sitting on the board of an 'Institute for Peace' is, of course, absurd. But then so, perhaps, is the idea of the US Government funding such an Institute. In any event to have been attacked by Pipes in the NYPost might be considered something of a badge of honour ... ----- Original Message ----- From: "nagy" <nagy@gwu.edu> To: "CASI discussion list" <casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk>; "Voices UK" <voices@viwuk.freeserve.co.uk> Cc: <nagy@gwu.edu> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 3:01 PM Subject: RE: [casi] re: non-Iraq related posts > Dear Colleagues, > > I not only respect Voices but frankly it was the heroic actions of Kathy > Kelly, of Vocices, that compelled me into taking steps which may have, among > other things, demolished my 20 year academic career in the U.S. > > I am sorry that the author views our plight in the U.S. and urgent need for > inspiration as "nonsense". I suggest that a possibly more constructive > solution is for the author to install a bozo filter to block all messages > from me as well as to block all messages from anyone else the writer views is > offensive or a waste of time. > > It is hardly by intention to start a flame war on CASI but the children > keep dying, there seems little support for Galloway or Ritter and now it seems > that it's fine to dismiss some of my concerns as "nonsense". Perhaps, Dr. > Pipes was right in designating me as the sixth professor in the US most in > need of adult supervision. And perhaps its right that my career, at least in > the U.S., should end. > > While I am zero suicidal, I have to wonder if Dr. Kelly had had more > support, maybe even from the CASI list serv, he might be alive now (assuming > that his death was really suicide. > > sincerely, > tom > > >===== Original Message From Voices UK <voices@viwuk.freeserve.co.uk> ===== > >Dear List Members, > > > >I really don't have time to waste on this nonsense. It seems obvious to me > >that List members should exercise some self-restraint and confine themselves > >to Iraq-related posts. Like many others I'm subscribed to more than one > >discussion list and receive hundreds of e-mails every day. If they were all > >constantly spammed with off-subject e-mails I would spend my entire day > >pressing the delete key. I have more important things to do with my time. > > > >Best wishes, > > > >Gabriel > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <VnStroope@aol.com> > >To: <voices@viwuk.freeserve.co.uk>; <casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk> > >Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 9:48 PM > >Subject: Re: [casi] Andreas: Zarathustra's Prayer Call-feel free to delete > > > > > >> > >> [ Presenting plain-text part of multi-format email ] > >> > >> In a message dated 07/19/2003 3:05:35 PM Central Daylight Time, > >> voices@viwuk.freeserve.co.uk writes: > >> > >> > >> > Could I reiterate my request that List members not post irrelevant, > >non-Iraq > >> > related posts to this List. John-Peter: if you want to send a message of > >> > this nature to Andreas, please do so by e-mailing Andreas rather than > >the > >> > whole list. I have enough e-mails to delete as it is (as I'm sure do > >many > >> > > >> > >> Gabriel, > >> your assessment of what is "irrelevant" is not necessarily the only > >> assessment. As this 'list' is not a monolithic non-organic chunk o' rock, > >perhaps you > >> are speaking for some, perhaps just for yourself, but certainly not for > >all. > >> I myself am non-religious and find the prayers irrelevant from a spiritual > >> perspective, but not at all irrelevant for one's soul. As we are all, at > >least > >> the people on this list who I know, emotionally weary and heartbroken the > >posts > >> of people like Andreas may not be irrelevant at all, in fact they may very > >> well be a highly relevant form of encouragement for some of our fellow > >> sojourners. > >> > >> Might I make a suggestion for YOU, Gabriel, why don't you exercise your > >> middle digit when deleting emails from me and the other bleeding hearts on > >the > >> list, and save us the time of having to delete YOUR testy responses, or > >worse, > >> respond to them. > >> > >> I respect your efforts on behalf of the people of Iraq, therefore, in the > >> future if I am going to post something with a heart, I will mark it with a > >> disclaimer which will alleviate you the consternation of reading it, alas, > >your > >> middle digit will have to massage the overworked delete key. Perhaps the > >rest of > >> you emotional liberals could do the same for Gabriel. > >> > >> I am speaking primarily for myself on this, feel free to delete or > >chastise > >> at will. > >> > >> Roger Stroope > >> Northern Arizona University > >> Flagstaff USA > >> > >> During the war crimes trials at Nuremberg, psychologist Gustave Gilbert > >> visited Nazi Reichsmarshall Hermann Goering in his prison cell. "We got > >around to > >> the subject of war again and I said that, contrary to his attitude, I did > >not > >> think that the common people are very thankful for leaders who bring them > >war > >> and destruction," Gilbert wrote in his journal, Nuremberg Diary. > >> > >> "Why, of course, the people don't want war," Goering shrugged. "Why would > >> some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that > >he can > >> get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? ... That is > >> understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine > >the policy > >> and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a > >> democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a parliament or a communist > >dictatorship > >> ... That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked > >and > >> denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to > >> danger. It works the same way in any country." > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. > >> To unsubscribe, visit > >http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss > >> To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk > >> All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk > >> > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. > >To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss > >To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk > >All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk > > Tom > Thomas J. Nagy, Ph.D. > Assoc. Prof. of Expert Systems > George Washington Univeristy Sch. of Business & Public Mgt. > Washington, D.C. 20052 > home.gwu.edu/~nagy > > > _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk