Self fulfilling prophecy
From: Henry Gregor (henrygregor@yahoo.com)
Thu Sep 1 00:15:47 2005
Hey Art,
Very slick("artful" one might say, if doesn't mind the odd pun) riposte...worthy I think of a salon back in the days of Oscar Wilde.
Hank
"art fougner, md" <evsono@pipeline.com> wrote:
I can see that el's complaint is turning into a self-fulfilling prophecy
..
Art
At Wed, 31 Aug 2005, Betsy Hyde wrote:
>
>On Wednesday, August 31, 2005, at 08:15 PM, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
>
>> Thousands of Iraquis are being killed every day nobody gives a shit,
>> "Serves them right those ragheads". A US soldier breaks his
>> fingernail,
>> yellow ribbons all over the place.
>
>Perhaps the dissatisfaction in the US has not made the Namibian
>press....many people in the US
>are opposed to the war in Iraq. Many of us *do* give a shit, do support
>antiwar efforts, do support withdrawal of the troops, and do care
>deeply about deaths of both Iraqis and US troops.
>
>> And to top it all, tsunami hits the Pacific, nobody gives a shit.
>> Three
>> people have to drive to their friends outside New Orleans, prayers are
>> offered.
>
>Oh really? Have you checked the massive outpouring of financial
>support from personal citizens in the US for the Tsunami? How can you
>possibly make such an uninformed comment? The personal contributions
>of US citizens to Tsunami relief were considerable.
>
>http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050109/news_mz1e9adelman.html
>
>It is absolutely incredulous that anyone would whine about attention
>paid to the devastation on the US Gulf Coast, especially when members
>of this list live there. Hit delete if you don't want to read the
>posts. Some of us do.
>
>If you want to discuss Darfur and Rwanda, and the genocide there, then
>go ahead and post. Many of us in the United States are very concerned
>re the destruction in our country, and in Sudan and Rwanda as well.
>
>Your lack of sensitivity is pretty amazing, el.
>
>--
>Betsy Hyde CNM
>Assistant Clinical Professor, Yale University
>Branford, CT
>
--
art fougner, md
"If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else."
Lawrence Peter Berra
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