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CAMILLA. ruth, and all, I cried when I say Cathy Freeman holding the flame-- I cried when I saw Muhammad Ali speaking with eyes sealed. THe Olympics raise so many emotions in me. I was the most valuable player on the first INTEGRATED Univ. of the Witwatersrand basketball team, in 1976, in Pietermaritzburg, South AFrica. I was carried on the sholulders of my teammates, to be assisted to unhook the net as a trophy, after the game ended. We finished 5th, and the moment of integration , and the struggle before it, was overwhelming. Our team defiantly and] nervously sat together in the same railroad car, breaking South African law, when we travelled from Johannesburg. Smiles, Ivan 59/39/36 On Mon, 18 Sep 2000 12:18:02 +1100 Ruth Rickell <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Hi Camilla, > > You got it right. Basically there are some people within the > Government that > have apologised, but the Prime Minister John Howard will still not > say those > simple words "I'm Sorry". We all have some parts of our history > that we are not > proud of, but this is a big step towards reconciliation. > > I felt very proud to be an Australian during the Opening Ceremony > and when I > realised it was Cathy to be the final person to light the flame, > well I can't > describe the feeling. All the women who ran the final part of the > relay in the > stadium hold a very special place in the hearts of most Australians > and we would > have been equally proud if any of them had be chosen. > > > best wishes to all > Ruth Rickell, c/g for Betty 70/45 > Camilla Flintermann wrote: > > > > IVAN ET AL-- here's the scoop--no it was not M. Ali--but this > eeems very > > appropriate! > > from the Excite home page___ > > > > "In a ceremony that celebrated > > Australia's proud sporting > heritage, as > > well as a desire for national > > reconciliation, aboriginal > runner > > Cathy Freeman lighted the > Olympic > > flame Friday to open the > Sydney Games. " > > > > Australia is struggling to come to termawith the shameful > kidnapping of > > Aboriginal children which went on for years in an attempt to wipe > out their > > culture. This honor for her seems a step in the right direction, > even > > though the government apparently has never *apologized* for what > was done ! > > (Do any Aussies want to correct this if I'm wrong?) > > > > Camilla Flintermann <[log in to unmask]> > > > > On PDWebring at : > > http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/genugten/flinterm.htm > > > > > *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ > > "You must *be* the change you wish to see in the world" - > Gandhi > > > +*+*+*+*+**+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ ^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) Ivan Suzman 50/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) Portland, Maine land of lighthouses deg. F :-) ********************************************************************