[Peace-political] The proposals

Al Kagan akagan at uiuc.edu
Sat Sep 15 20:40:41 CDT 2001


We need stronger verbs.  How about: 1 hope,  2  urge, 3 demand, 4 
demand, 5 urge, 6 demand.

>Here are the list of "requests" I circulated on Tuesday.  It's 
>obviously rough, and if people have proposals for ways to strengthen 
>the wording, partiuclarly in 4-6, I'd appreciate hearing those 
>suggestions. -Peter
>
>We
>1. encourage the US government to capture those responsible for the attacks
>2. encourage all local residents to do everything possible to help 
>hurt by the attacks
>3. discourage the US government from lashing back at suspected 
>perpetrators until due process of the law has been exercised
>4. discourage the US government from infringing on the civil 
>liberties of any resident of the United States in its investigation 
>and that the US government disclose all cases when personal freedoms 
>are denied in its investigations
>5. encourage the us government to engage in dialogue with 
>non-governmental organizations that promote the welfare of their 
>populations and that work to protect the environment
>6. encourage the US government to respect the sovereignty of nations 
>and end efforts to elevate commercial privileges above civil, 
>political, and economic human rights and environmental protection.
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