From: jfawcett@sempra.com
To: kevin.hyatt@enron.com
Date: 2002-02-27 19:41:44+00:00
Subject: Refreshing perspective.....


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 > > This was written by a Dr. in Texas and is very good,
> > >  please read.
> > >
> > >
> > >  I was just reading Yahoo news and the San Antonio
> > >  Express newspaper.  You know what upsets me?
> > >  People with absolutely nothing to do with their
> > >  lives, so they complain on how the U.S. is treating
> > >  the prisoners or "Detainees" from Afghanistan.
> > >
> > > Do you know why they are complaining? They see
> > > a picture on the news or the internet and they see
> > >  someone who is shackled and blindfolded and
> > >  walking with two armed guards behind razor wire.
> > >  This picture tells them they are treated unfairly.
> > >
> > >  Here is what I see....
> > >
> > >  I see a thin, sickly looking person who under severe
> > >  mental duress from being bombed, was cleaned up,
> > >  given a haircut to prevent infestation of parasites,
> > >  and given new clothes and shoes to wear. I see a
> > >  person who is given three nutrious meals per day
> > >  and a bed to sleep in in a tropical climate, not the
> > >  cold desert floor of Afghanistan, eating worms,
> > >  bugs, and goat. I see a person who will be able to
> > >  get relief from their pains and illnesses without
> > >  paying a dime for medical expenses. They will get
> > >  rest, educated, and their mental stress levels will
> > >  have dropped tremendously because they were
> > >  taken out of a combat area and will not be shot
> > >  at again.
> > >
> > >  I see these people blindfolded and shackled behind
> > >  razor wire. I have the intellectual ability to understand
> > >  why they are this way. For those that do not have this
> > >  ability, let me explain it to you. They are blindfolded to
> > >  protect OUR U.S. SOLDIERS from further harm. These
> > >  people can not plan to destroy something if they can not
> > >  see it. They are shackled because these same people
> > >  have proven they will easily give up their lives to kill
> > >  just ONE AMERICAN. We are protecting their life as
> > >  well as our own. The razor wire is a mental deterrent,
> > >  just like the little alarm company warning signs most of
> > >  you out there have on your home, but don't have the
> > >  actual alarm system. You would think many times over
> > >  before actually trying to cross that razor wire.
> > >  For all of you people out there thinking how bad
> > >  these poor detainees have it under such strict guard,
> > >  you need to do a lot more thinking about other things
> > >  in your life.
> > >
> > >  I was born on September 11th, 1966, and every birthday
> > >  I have from now on will never be a happy one.
> > >  Why, do you ask? Because as I am out somewhere trying
> > >  to have a nice dinner, someone will have a candle or a
> > >  ribbon or something, crying about the anniversary of a
> > >  national tragedy.  And then I will think, about how
> > >  insignificant my one little birthday actually is compared
> > >  to everything else that had happened on that one day.
> > >
> > >  It boggles my mind that there are actually people out
> > >  there in this world, in leadership positions, head of
> > >  companies that actually think that we are doing
> > >  something wrong when it comes to protecting our
> > >  nation and our people.
> > >
> > >  These same people will be the first ones to complain
> > >  about something that happens to them when they are
> > >  vacationing outside this country. They will ask why the
> > >  U.S. does not do anything about their misfortune.
> > >  These are the same people that complain about taxes
> > >  and how bad their lives actually are.
> > >
> > >  If you receive this email, please pass it on to everyone
> > >  in your address book. I am not afraid or ashamed to
> > >  speak my peace. I am an American, my father fought
> > >  for this country, and was willing to die for it.
> > >
> > >  Dr. Steven Tomaselli
> > >  Uvalde, Texas
> > >  United States of America
> > >
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