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We're praying for all you out there. Let God brings safety and

everything. May God Bless you.


From notes@igc5.igc.org Sat Oct 21 18:25:50 1995
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From: varvel@plains.nodak.edu
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Yes, it looks like peace is coming to Bosnia.  Six feet below the ground,

that is.  People who look to further their own self-interest on the basis

of chauvinism should think very carefully about the "peace" they want.

This is because they will get it, whether in Bosnia, Flanders' Fields, or

my own country, the US.



For many years, policy makers have been keen to kill people, bomb people,

rape people, and burn people, as long as it was done by remote control,

as long as they didn't have to see it.  The atrocites of Milosevic were

simply the most obvious examples we see.  Some day, the people who make

decisions over other peoples' lives should actually see what evil they

are perpetrating.  The people who tell others to murder but cannot take

the responsibility for smelling the burning flesh or seeing the

decapitated head are acting without responsibility.



Power is not simply a game.  It is a matter of life and death.  It is

responsibility.  The blind lust for power without responsibility easily

translates into a lust for blood.  I pray that there is not only peace

someday in Bosnia, but happiness.  Not only victory over the hot fires of

chauvinism, but the wisdom to see the consequences of actions and the

goodness to care about having an environment one can raise children in.



Some day, I hope that world leaders can think of the consequences of their

actions and inaction on the little children, and choose to do what is

best for them.





--AV--