Re: Afganistan weather report (off-topic)

[Guest guest]

Terry:

I'm sorry this offended you,

but I have never aspired to be politically correct....especially toward

a country that harbors scumbags like Bin Laden.

Would you feel different

if you had lost a wife, child or parent in the crash?

Lyndon McGill, DC

Salem, Oregon

jhp wrote:

I didn't find this funny

or helpful in any way. Terry L. Petty, D.C.Ashland -----Original

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Date: Tuesday, September 18,

2001 3:56 PM

Subject: Afganistan

weather report (off-topic)

INTERNATIONAL WEATHER

REPORT FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19, 2001:

The weather in Afghanistan

tomorrow is expected to

be sunny in the morning

with increasing mushroom

clouds in the afternoon.

The temperature will be a

moderate 2000 degrees

with cooling winds upwards

of around 700 miles per hour.

It will definitely be a day

for the sunblock, and it wouldn't

hurt to shake the dust off

the ol' lead suit in the closet.

If you're planning on venturing

outside in beautiful Afghanistan

tomorrow, don't forget to

drink plenty of fluids such as barium

which shows up nicely when

blasts of radiation flow through your

body.

Most of all, have fun out

there in dusty Afghanistan and enjoy the

old country while........

well, while it's still there.

This report brought to you

courtesy of:

Lyndon McGill, DC

Salem, Oregon

[Guest guest]

This humor doesn't help. It's never amusing to think of people dying. What

our country has to contemplate in terms of retaliation is frightening beyond

belief. Just as there were thousands of innocent people that died in the WTC

terrorist attack, there are many innocent Afganistan peolpe that will be

losing their lives due to American bombing and retaliation that may be

necessary. In fact there are many that have already lost their lives due to

our military actions. Justification for acts of war are small consolation to

those left behind. A small child who loses a parent, sibling or friend in any

country will grow up to hate the country that takes away their loved ones.

You probably meant to be joking, but death and destruction aren't funny right

now. It's time to have compassion in our hearts for our fellow humans. Life

as we know it could depend on stopping blame, revenge and violence.

Minga Guerrero DC

INTERNATIONAL WEATHER REPORT FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19, 2001:

The weather in Afghanistan tomorrow is expected to

be sunny in the morning with increasing mushroom

clouds in the afternoon.

The temperature will be a moderate 2000 degrees

with cooling winds upwards of around 700 miles per hour.

It will definitely be a day for the sunblock, and it wouldn't

hurt to shake the dust off the ol' lead suit in the closet.

If you're planning on venturing outside in beautiful Afghanistan

tomorrow, don't forget to drink plenty of fluids such as barium

which shows up nicely when blasts of radiation flow through your

body.

Most of all, have fun out there in dusty Afghanistan and enjoy the

old country while........ well, while it's still there.

This report brought to you courtesy of:

Lyndon McGill, DC

Salem, Oregon

>>

[Guest guest]

I didn't find this funny or helpful in any way.

Terry L. Petty, D.C.

Ashland

Afganistan weather report (off-topic)INTERNATIONAL WEATHER REPORT FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19, 2001: The weather in Afghanistan tomorrow is expected to be sunny in the morning with increasing mushroom clouds in the afternoon. The temperature will be a moderate 2000 degrees with cooling winds upwards of around 700 miles per hour. It will definitely be a day for the sunblock, and it wouldn't hurt to shake the dust off the ol' lead suit in the closet. If you're planning on venturing outside in beautiful Afghanistan tomorrow, don't forget to drink plenty of fluids such as barium which shows up nicely when blasts of radiation flow through your body. Most of all, have fun out there in dusty Afghanistan and enjoy the old country while........ well, while it's still there. This report brought to you courtesy of: Lyndon McGill, DC Salem, Oregon

[Guest guest]

Of course I'd feel different.

But bad taste is still bad taste. It does nothing to help capture the culprits to demonstrate lack of feeling for the innocent ones who live in Afghanistan...who are in the vast majority. Talking lightly of bombing a country which is already largely rubble, which is already populated by other victims of the Taliban, does absolutely nothing but lower yourself to the level of the perpetrators.

I realize that feelings are running high (mine too), but let's not posture ourselves as if this is a high school football game, with the biggest and the baddest coming out on top.

Sadly, I suspect we'll all lose a great deal when all is said and done. This is indeed a tragedy, not a joke.

Terry

Re: Afganistan weather report (off-topic)Terry: I'm sorry this offended you, but I have never aspired to be politically correct....especially toward a country that harbors scumbags like Bin Laden. Would you feel different if you had lost a wife, child or parent in the crash? Lyndon McGill, DC Salem, Oregon of Service.

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

This is your moderator chiming in. In these strange days when so much of what we thought was permanent, safe and convenient (like the NYC skyline and air travel) has turned out to be anything but, and 6,000 American lives were snuffed out almost instantaneously by the machinations of a homicidal zealot on the other side of the world, there are bound to be differing opinions of the situation among rationale and intelligent people.

Some people will deal with this with anger, some with humor, others with a more analytical approach (like our resident Web scholar Jack Pedersen, who is recovering as we speak from CTS decompression surgery. Get well soon, Jack!)

As far as I am concerned, this is all fine for the listserve as long as it is labeled "OT" so that those who are not interested can delete e-mails they are not interested in without having to read them.

Please be careful with overtly tasteless forwarded messages (Lyndon's was borderline, but I would not have stopped it, and I have been sent the same message by about a dozen friends from all over) but if you find something is offensive it's ok to post back why it bothers you. Personal attacks are never ok, however (not that I have seen any).

Sometimes we as professionals need a place to air our feelings, and as long as it stays at a professional level this listserve can serve admirably in that regard.

D Freeman Mailing address: 2480 Liberty Street NE Suite 180Salem, Oregon 97303phone 503 763-3528fax 503 763-3530pager 888 501-7328

Re: Afganistan weather report (off-topic)Terry: I'm sorry this offended you, but I have never aspired to be politically correct....especially toward a country that harbors scumbags like Bin Laden. Would you feel different if you had lost a wife, child or parent in the crash? Lyndon McGill, DC Salem, Oregon of Service.