Newsgroup: it.fan.musica
Titolo: [R.E.M.]Comunicato di Bertis sull'attentato

Vi riporto il comunicato di Bertis,presente su REMHQ e su 
murmurs.com
,con
tanto di fax di Ralph G. Neas
presidente dell'associazione(credo sia un'associazione!)' People For the
American Way'.Penso che le parole di Neas siano molto equilibrate ed
interessanti e allora ho pensato di postare l'intero fax,per chi non avesse
avuto modo ancora di leggerlo nei rispettivi siti.
REM on the WTC
Mirrored from REMHQ
What can we do? REM's office has a charity that they have donated to. Read
an update from Bertis on the events of this week.
The days keep getting sadder and more intense. Here are some thoughts:
--We have decided to contribute to and publicize a fund being set up for
families of firefighters, police officers, rescue and other aid workers.
Contributions may be mailed to:
NYCPPI
The City of New York
100 Church Street, 20th Floor
New York, New York 10007
Checks should denote "Aid for Families Fund."
For more information on this 501(c)3 organization, please go to 
www.nyc.gov
--As long time supporters of People For the American Way (Bertis is a Board
Member), we appreciate Ralph Neas' statement just faxed to our office. Read
it below, or click on the image for the actual fax.
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Like all Americans, we continue to struggle with the aftermath of the
devastating terrorist attacks in New York City and at the Pentagon.
We grieve for the victims of these heinous acts. We salute the courageand
heroism of so many individuals, from passengers and crew on the hijacked
airliners to the police, firefighters, and other rescue workers, many of
whom have lost their lives in the line of duty. We praise those political
leaders who have acted in ways that have drawn us together in the midst of
overwhelming loss. This is a time for bipartisanship. It is a time for
making a shared national commitment to bring to justice those responsible
and for acting appropriately to prevent future such attacks.
But there are other dangers we must guard against, as well as terrorists.
While we seek to defend ourselves against future threats, we must also guard
against allowing our own anger and fear to cause us to act against our own
interests as a free people. We have already seen pundits and political
leaders suggesting that the fight against terrorism requires us to sacrifice
the constitutional liberties that are at the core of what it means to be an
American. That would be a victory for our nation's enemies.
We have already seen acts of harassment and violence directed against Arab-
Americans and Muslim Americans. We call on all Americans to reject that kind
of scapegoating and to stand up against it in their own communities.
Targeting people based on their ethnicity or religion was not the American
Way when Japanese-Americans were taken from their homes and shipped to
internment camps during World War II. It is not the American Way today, when
Muslim Americans are taunted or attacked on the streets of thecountry that
is their home.
People For the American Way's 500,000 members and activists are guardians of
the Constitution and the democratic values that sustain our free society. We
will vigorously support the government's efforts to identify those
responsible for these acts of terror and to bring them to justice. And we
will just as vigorously oppose efforts to exploit this tragedy in ways that
diminish the constitutional and civil rights for which generations of
Americans - in the armed forces and social justice movements- have fought
and died. Now, more than ever, we will act to promote and protect the ideals
of the American Way.
- Ralph G. Neas
President of People For the American Way
http://www.pfaw.org/
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In view of the highly emotional and understandably intense feelings so many
of us have, let's keep in mind the values of tolerance and respect
underpinning our country and society. Reports of many Arab Americans being
singled out and harrassed are wrongheaded and wrong.
For more information on issues relating to the Muslim community, go to
http://www.cair-net.org
, the website of the Council on American-Islamic
Relations.
Finally, Michael wanted to let everyone know the following: "As it has been
reported that i was in NYC, I am safe and fine, a little in shock, but
fine."
Peace and love from all of us.
--
Ambrosia
"You're not affected by the truth Unless it's on your doorstep(...)
Don't you think that maybe it's time You started thinking??"
(Natalie Imbruglia)(?!!!!??!)
"The supreme vice is  shallowness"(Oscar Wilde,"De Profundis")
"Society often forgives the criminal;it never forgives  the dreamer"(Oscar
Wilde,"The Critic as Artist")

 wrote:
Sono perfettamente d'accordo sul comunicato che ho letto. 
Bertis come sempre dimostra la sua grande sensibilità. 
L'unico aspetto che non condivido in pieno è che si dice che bisogna
trovare i nemici dell'America. No, quelli sono nemici di tutto il
mondo Occidentale. Ma penso che il senso fosse quello.
Un saluto.
La Zanzara fastidiosa ... e velenosa.