[Peace-discuss] Letter in DI

[David Green]

9 a.m.




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From: Brussel Morton K. <mkbrussel at comcast.net>
To: John W. <jbw292002 at gmail.com>
Cc: David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>; Peace Discuss 
<peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
Sent: Mon, September 20, 2010 4:58:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Letter in DI

David: gee, I will have missed the opportunity of tuning in to the O'Reilly 
program.  And what time, etc, is the WGN radio program; have you accepted to 
join that? 


John,

I (almost) always appreciate your sage comments, but your statement—"I'm more 
and more aware…"—clearly does not apply to me, or thee :-)

--mkb


On Sep 20, 2010, at 4:41 PM, John W. wrote:


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>On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 4:30 PM, David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>Thanks Mort,
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>>The responses are indeed disheartening, but it's impossible to tell what 
>>population they are coming from. This whole thing has gone viral. I've been 
>>called to be interviewed on WGN radio in Chicago tomorrow. I also received a 
>>call from Fox to go on the O'Reilly program tonight, which I turned down.


That's fascinating.



I would also add that it's easy to fall back into "it's the yahoos" mode in 
reading these comments, but we need to stay focused on those in power. 



I find that in EVERY internet political/philosophical discussion (and real-world 
discussions as well), while some comments are of course just plain idiotic, 
others make valid if adversarial points.  I'm more and more aware that we're all 
just blind men with the elephant, identifying various aspects of a topic or 
problem but rarely stepping back far enough to perceive the forest in all of its 
biodiversity.   (Please forgive the mixed metaphor if you perceive it as such.  
:-)  )

Furthermore, as you say, the commenters on these discussion boards (as well as 
most of the letter-writers) are just venting their spleens.  They have no real 
power to affect/effect public policy, except through their vote, which is what I 
presume you're attempting to influence.

John Wason




DG
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From: Brussel Morton K. <mkbrussel at comcast.net>
>To: David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>
>Cc: Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
>Sent: Mon, September 20, 2010 4:16:59 PM
>Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Letter in DI
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>Thanks for writing your good letter, David, and letting us know that it was 
>published in the DI. One can only be disheartened by (most of) the responses. 
>Perhaps the Block I not only chanted in unison at the game, but are chanting in 
>unison in their malevolent and/or ignorant responses to your letter.  
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>It might be useful to have those responses see the light of day.
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>--Mort
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>P.S. It would be useful to know how many read the messages on this listserve. If 
>you do read them on a more or less regular basis, please let me know by simply 
>replying with subject line "test".  
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>On Sep 20, 2010, at 11:50 AM, David Green wrote:
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>http://www.dailyillini.com/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/2010/09/15/block-i-chant-portrays-neither-patriotism-nor-remembrance
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