hi all At 12:52 2002/04/18 -0700, someone wrote: >You can't win this one dear. You shoulldda nevah gone there. Apparently. >Its worse than what you can ever think. That one's worse than pandora's >box. That's one topic you don't want to EVER bring up...to anyone. However >since you done brung it up let it, go...and ..if you wish to have some >FACTUAL background information that will help form an educated opinion as to >the sentiments of all involved both now and at is creation I will be more >than willing to oblige. i dont want to win anything is there no hopeful response to the israeli soldier's comment? what is there that can never be talked about? facts are what we all have too much of records and contracts and treaties and history books and maps and lists of the dead we cling to them as if they have meaning they don't they are evidence of our insane behaviour as a race it's all past how about letting it all go we have collectively erred period this applies to the world now and in the past ireland rwanda bosnia arawaks slavery purges witches pogroms inquisitions crusades stonings there is no way on earth to add up and evaluate all the hurt we have done to each other and that evaluation is not our job the more i learn about us the more i realise how much we have not learned when will we? janet janet paterson: an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit perky, parky pd: 55/41/37 cd: 55/44/43 tel: 613 256 8340 email: [log in to unmask] smail: 375 Country Street, Almonte, Ontario, Canada, K0A 1A0 a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn