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Dear List, Do I think it productive to forward Tom's new 'info' from Canada? I do! - We wish you well, Tom, in your new post in Peace Studies - keep us posted! All good wishes, Bert. >From: nagy <nagy@gwu.edu> >To: Bert Gedin <gedinbert@hotmail.com> >CC: nagy <nagy@gwu.edu> >Subject: Off to Canada to continue to work for peace t/ justice >Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 21:39:12 -0400 > >Dear Bert, > > If you think it would be productive to send the following to CASI, then >plese do. >sincerely, >tom > > >============================== >Dear Bert, >T hanks for your encouragement. I'll be assoc. prof. of peace studies >(visiting) at MacMaster U. in Hamilton, Ontario and will apply for Canadian >citizenship. I'll be teaching a senior seminar on using computer technology >to >persuade people that caring for all kids including "enemy" kids is the best >way to protect their own kids. I should be reachable through this address >or >tom500k@yahoo.com and soon via an emial address at MacMaster U. > >best, >tom > >p.s. Any suggestions welcome; will also try to cover supporting people >doing >work for peace and striking the balance between paranoia and an Alice in >Wonderland fantasy that all attacks, etc. are purely innocent bad luck. > >======================================= > >===== Original Message From Bert Gedin <gedinbert@hotmail.com> ===== > >Dear Tom & List, > > > >Good to have your communications. Admittedly, just now, I haven't much to > >add to what already's been said. But we never step into the the same >river > >twice (another metaphor!), so new material emerges, over & over again. > > > >You mention "watchdogs of humanity", sometimes called "whistle-blowers" >etc. > >Isn't that, amongst other reasons, what this List is attempting to live >up > >to? But no-one, at all, is beyond criticism, least of all those who >consider > >themselves in control of "the moral high ground". To see what is wrong, >out > >there, is crucial, yet this has to be accompanied by - for want of a >better > >word - introspection (sorry, if I'm drifting into the spheres of > >philosophy!). I suppose we all, in our various ways & approaches, >contribute > >to an understanding of the turbulence of Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine >etc., > >what are the root causes, and what are the remedies - to be found in > >"civilised" society. > > > >We all look forward to your writings on the hair (spelt hare?) of buffed > >Senators! > > > >Are you in Montreal, now, Tom? Wherever you are, let's hope you have >ready > >access to one of those > >e-mail machines (maybe with a delete key?)! > > > >Greetings, Bert. > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Find a cheaper internet access deal - choose one to suit you. > >http://www.msn.co.uk/internetaccess > >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 > >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 > _________________________________________________________________ Tired of 56k? Get a FREE BT Broadband connection http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband _______________________________________________ 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