SCN: In the midst of tragedy, please help keep the peace

[Irene Mogol]

Please - no more destruction.
Irene


On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Kenneth Applegate wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Scot Harkins on scn.org wrote:
> 
> Bravo, Scot! Important words:
> 
> > There are those among us, however, who are now directing their anger and
> > their hatred at people of Arab descent or who are practicing Moslems.
> > Threatening phone calls and now even attacks on mosques are taking place,
> > yet little has been said by anyone asking Americans to keep their heads.
> > 
> > Most of us don't need such a reminder, but there are a few who do.  They
> > need to be told, in no uncertain terms, that this is wrong.  
>  
> Yesterday, a few hours after the attacks, I received an email sent out by
> the CEO of a software company, CoffeeCup Software,
> http://www.coffeecup.com/ which has me on their mailing list. 
> 
> In it he advocated "destroying" any country found to be responsible. I
> just checked their web site, and found that he has the same message posted
> there. This fellow needs a reminder and I just sent the following email to
> him: 
> 
> >From kenapple at u.washington.edu Wed Sep 12 17:24:59 2001
> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 17:21:27 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Kenneth Applegate <kenapple at u.washington.edu>
> To: ceo at coffeecup.com
> Cc: starsrus at scn.org
> Subject: WTC email
> 
> Sir - Yesterday you sent a mass email to people on your Coffee Cup
> software list, regarding the destruction of the World Trade Center.
> I see today that you have essentially the same opinions posted on your web
> site:
> 
> >"Terrorist Attacks on the USA... "These people (murdered
> >by cowards) are our brothers. As brothers we can beat up on
> >each other, however if you touch my brother you have to bear
> >the wrath of me !" We think that whoever is found
> >responsible for this should pay the ultimate price.
> >
> >*****************
> >If any country is found responsible, that country should be destroyed. If
> >it is a terrorist organization, it should be destroyed.
> >******************
> >
> >We pray for the innocent civilians that are the victims of this
> >attack. May God bless and be with you all. If you decide to
> >comment, whether you agree with our CEO or not, remember that
> >thousands of innocent Mothers, Fathers, and Children died in this
> >tragedy."
> 
> I agree that this a terrible tragedy and that thousands of innocent
> mothers, fathers, and children died.
> 
> And you seem to want to compound the tragedy by destroying mothers,
> fathers, and children in some other country if their leaders are found to
> have been responsible, or if their leaders harbored a terrorist group?!!
> For shame! That makes you no better than the WTC terrorists!
> 
> The US should do everything possible to identify the _specific_
> individuals and groups that were responsible and make every effort to
> bring them to justice. We should NOT go beyond that to blanket destruction
> of a whole country in revenge, thus escalating the level of violence in
> this world.
> 
> I can understand that you are justifiably outraged by the attacks of
> yesterday. However, I still find your comments offensive and only serving
> to inflame the situation. For that reason, I now have no intention of
> purchasing your software or ever doing business with your company. Please
> remove me from your email list. 
> 
> Kenneth Applegate
> 
> 
> Ken Applegate           How do you identify astronomers from Seattle? 
> <starsrus at scn.org>      By the windshield wipers on their telescopes!
> 
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