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Dear Friends

If you decide not to forward this, please send it back

to me. This is an actual petition, and "signatures"

will be lost if you drop the line. Please take 3

minutes out of your life to do your part. The

government of Afghanistan, is waging a war upon women.

Since the Taliban took power in 1996, women have had

to wear burqua and have been beaten and stoned in

public for not having the proper attire, even if this

means simply not having the mesh covering in front of

their eyes. One woman was beaten to death by an angry

mob of fundamentalists for accidentally exposing her

arm(!) while she was driving. Another was stoned to

death for trying to leave the country with a man that

was not a relative. Women are not allowed to work or

even go out in public without a male relative;

professional women such as professors, translators,

doctors, lawyers, artists and writers have been forced

from their jobs and restricted to their homes. Homes

where a woman is present must have their windows

painted so that she can never be seen by outsiders.

They must wear silent shoes so that they are never

heard. Women live in fear of their lives for the

slightest misbehaviour. Because they cannot work,

those without male relatives or husbands are either

starving to death or begging the street, even if they

hold Ph.D.s. Depression is becoming so widespread that

it has reached emergency levels. There is no way in

such an extreme Islamic society to know the suicide

rate with certainty, but relief workers are estimating

that the suicide rate among women must be

extraordinarily high: those who cannot find proper

medication and treatment for severe depression and

would rather take their lives than live in such

conditions. At one of the rare hospitals for women, a

reporter found still, nearly lifeless bodies lying

motionless on top of beds, wrapped in their burqua,

unwilling to speak, eat, or do anything, but slowly

wasting away. Others have gone mad and were seen

crouched in corners, perpetually rocking or crying,

most of them in fear. When what little medication that

is left finally runs out, one doctor is considering

leaving these women in front of the president's

residence as a form of protest. It is at the point

where the term "human rights violations" has become an

understatement. Husbands have the power of life and

death over their women relatives, especially their

wives, but an angry mob has just as much right to

stone or beat a woman, often to death, for exposing an

inch of flesh or offending them in the slightest way.

Women enjoyed relative freedom: to work, to dress

generally as they wanted, and to drive and appear in

public alone until only 1996. The rapidity of this

transition is the main reason for the depression and

suicide; Women who were once educators or doctors or

simply used to basic human freedoms are now severely

restricted and treated as subhuman in the name of

right-wing fundamentalist Islam. It is not their

tradition or culture,' but it is alien to them, and it

is extreme even for those cultures where

fundamentalism is the rule. Everyone has a right to a

tolerable human existence, even if they are women in a

Muslim country. If we can threaten military force in

Kosovo the name of human rights for the sake of ethnic

Albanians, citizens of the world can certainly express

peaceful outrage at the oppression, murder and

injustice committed against women by the Taliban. (See

Directions at End)

 

STATEMENT:

 

In signing this, we agree that the current treatment

of women in Afghanistan is completely UNACCEPTABLE and

deserves action by the United Nations and that the

current situation overseas will not be tolerated.

Women's Rights is not a small issue anywhere, and it

is UNACCEPTABLE for women in 2001 to be treated as

subhuman and as so much property. Equality and human

decency is a fundamental RIGHT, not a freedom to be

granted, whether one lives in Afghanistan or

elsewhere.

1) Giuliana D. Black, Daly City,CA,USA

2) Mariam Nayiny, Palo Alto,CA,USA

3) Sunaina Gulati-Ruh, Palo Alto,CA,USA

4) Megan McCaslin, Palo Alto,CA,USA

5) Blake Halliana, San Francisco,CA,USA

6) Kit Henderson, Sacramento,CA,USA

7) Sara Myers, San Francisco,CA,USA

8) Ellen Tilden, San Fransisco,CA,USA

9) Vanessa Ross, San Francisco,CA,USA

10) Jenna Shaw- Battista, SanFrancisco,CA,USA

11) Jeanne Racik, Berkeley,CA,USA

12) Julie Silas, Oakland,CA,USA

13) Renee Longstreet, Tarzana,CA,USA

14) Susan Johnson, Encino,CA,USA

15) Kenneth Johnson, Encino,CA,USA

16) Terri Treas, Los Angeles,CA,USA

17) Amy Retzinger, North Hollywood,CA,USA

18) Babette Crooms, Los Angeles,CA,USA

19) Olivia Kienzel; Santa Barbara,CA,USA

20) Sean Dexheimer, Los Angeles,CA,USA

21) Elio Chavez, Jr., Pasadena,CA,USA

22) Gregory Kastigar, Los Angeles,CA,USA

23) Robert Collie, Los Angeles,CA,USA

24) Jeff Garvin, Brea,CA,USA

25) Tricia Allen, Sherman Oaks,CA,USA

26) Joleen Nordstrom, Hollywood,CA,USA

27) Theresa Donahoe, Martinez,CA,USA

28) Jennifer Horn, Concord,CA,USA

29) Roxanne Ryan,Alamo,CA,USA

30) Miriam Tyler, San Jose,CA,USA

31) John Burns, San Jose,CA,USA

32) Kristin Lynn Minick, Fort Worth,TX,USA

33) Jeff Neal, Marietta,GA,USA 3

4) Anna Neal, Marietta, GA,USA

35) Frances Murley-FortWorth,TX,USA

36) David Murley-London,England,UNITED KINGDOM

37) Jillian Dykhouse, Colleyville,TX,USA

38) Bonnie Dykhouse,Colleyville,TX,USA

39) Nancy Williams, Colleyville,TX,USA

40) Georgene Farr, Sterling Heights,MI,USA

41) Joanne Arensberg, Riverview,MI,USA

42) Luann Ouellette, Vermillion,SD,USA

43) Sandie Sullivan, Vermillion,SD,USA

44) Troy Nelson, Minneapolis,MN,USA

45) Joseph Miller, Minnepolis,MN,USA

46) Kathleen Miller, White Bear Lake,MN,USA

47) Jerry Marquis, Mpls.,MN,USA

48) Julie Stokes, Coon Rapids,MN,USA

49) Tracy Ford, Blaine,MN,USA

50) Sheila Lawrence, Monticello,MN,USA

51) Brenda Kitchen, Westlake Village,CA,USA

52) Teresa Burke, Sherman Oaks,CA,USA

53) Bruce Ehrlich, Sherman Oaks,CA,USA

54) Yllania Francis, Los Angeles,CA,USA

55) Drew Hedin, Los Angeles,CA,USA

56) Laura Paridon, Laguna Woods,CA,USA

57) Jeanie Hagedorn, Des Moines,IA,USA

58) Sue Christensen, Des Moines,IA,USA

59) Sybil Finken, Glenwood,IA,USA

60) Luke Finken, Earth

61) Doug Gerace, Lincoln,NE,USA

62) Cheryl Gerace,NE,USA

63) Sheri Lew,CO,USA

64) Raven Grace,Boulder,CO,USA

65) Martha M.Mertz,EL,MI,USA

66) Colleen R. Cooper,Okemos,MI,USA

67) Barbara J. Sawyer-Koch, East Lansing,MI,USA

68) Margaret A. Meyers,Okemos,MI,USA

69) Mary Helen Espes, Okemos,MI,USA

70) Maureen Kirchhoff, Allenspark,CO,USA

71) Bart Johnson, Err, FRANCE

72) Sharon O'Connor, Olympia,WA,USA

73) Nancy Irving, Tbilisi, REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA

74) Martha Lindley, Seattle,WA,USA

75) Judith Alexander, Woodinville,WA,USA

76) Arlene B. Hawkinson, Seattle,WA,USA

77) Christine E. Mobley, Bothell,WA,USA

78) Trudie Breen,CA,USA

79) Catherine Standiford,CA,USA

80) Beverly Truett,AZ,USA

81) Christine Meehan,AZ,USA

82) Janice Gilbert, Valley Center,CA,USA

83) Dawna Upchurch, Anchorage,AK,USA

84) Roxanna Groves, Olympia,WA,USA

85) Lynda Lynde, Helena,MT,USA

86) Constance Gelu, University Place,WA,USA

87) Jodi Woolett, Tacoma,WA,USA

88) Lisa I. Reeves- Lynden,WA,USA

89) Amanda James-Bow,WA,USA

90) Kelli J. Smith, New Port Richey,FL,USA

91) Chris Poirier, Largo,FL,USA

92) Mike Carpenter, Palmetto,FL,USA

93) Alice Pryor, Melbourne,FL,USA

94) Ellen Catano,Manchester,NH,USA

95) Bevely Jennings, Cincinnati,OH,USA

96) Linda Feely, Norwood,OH,USA

97) Sherry Stidham, Norwood,OH,USA

98) Brittany Brown,Cincinnati,OH,USA

99) Sandy Brown, Cincinnati,OH,USA

100) Tim Brown, Cincinnati,OH,USA

101) Pat Brown, Cincinnati,OH,USA

102) Amy Cregger, Memphis,TN,USA 1

103) Kay Emerick, Logan, OH,USA

104) Trina Bookman Logan, OH,USA

105) Mary Samuelson, St. Louis, MO,USA

106) Jeannette Ward, Memphis, TN,USA

107) Elisabeth Davis, Memphis, TN,USA

108) Rose Klimek, Memphis, TN,USA

109) Barbara K. White, Hoquiam,WA,USA

110) Paula J. Eriksen, Palm Harbor, FL,USA

111) Ragnar Eriksen, Palm Harbor, FL,USA

112) Marilyn King, CLEARWATER, FL,USA

113) Barbara Stiner,Oldsmar, FL,USA

114) Jac'line Weisgerber,Clearwater,FL,USA

115) Charlotte Beadles, Douglasville, GA,USA

116) Jody Hoadley, Powder Springs,GA,USA

117) Hope Howard, Atlanta,GA,USA

118) Cliff Howard, Atlanta,GA USA

119) Kay Chicoine, Atlanta,GA,USA

120) Mark Chicoine, Atlanta,GA,USA

121) Paula King, Lexington,KY,USA

122) Sally Weissman,Minneapolis,MN,USA

123) Susan Abbott, New Brighton,MN,USA

124) Rachel Fine, St. Louis Park,MN,USA

125) Deb Harley,Eden Prairie, MN,USA

126) Barb Handahl,Faribault, MN,USA

127) Ann Olson,Chamberlain,SD,USA

128) Deb Hunt,Sioux Falls,SD,USA

129) Anne Frankman, Sioux Falls,SD,USA

130) Susie Kostel, Tabor,SD,USA

131) Julie Anderson, Mount Prospect,IL,USA

132) Janet Tilden, Fremont,NE,USA

133) Debbie Bowman, Kingston Springs,TN,USA

134) Shari Watkins, Franklin,TN,USA

135) Teresa Beck, Columbia,TN,USA

136) Don Hill, Nashville,TN,USA

137) Suzanne Supplee, Reistertown,MD,USA

138) Mina Dillard-Gits, Agoura Hills,CA,USA

139) Negrita Jayde, Venice,CA,USA

139) Gregory Hines, Venice,CA,USA

140) Laurie Fierstein, New York,NY,USA

141) Cecelia Casey, New York,NY,USA

142) Shana Deane, New York,NY,USA

143) Lynn Neal ,Newark,DE,USA

144) Rosemary Lane, Bear,DE,USA

145) Andrea Arena, Newark,DE,USA

146) Rick Neidig, Wilmington,DE,USA

147) Lisa Dill, Wilmington, DE, USA

148) Donna Staring, Newark,DE,USA

149) V.C. Hernandez, Miami,FL, USA

150) G.L. Gonzalez, Miami, FL, USA

151) K. Casey, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA

152) A. Lewis, Dallas, TX, USA

153) S. Shepard, Chicago, IL, USA

154) S. Arthur, Memphis, TN USA

155) C. Lee, Knoxville, TN USA

156) A. Toland, Dallas, TX USA

157) F. Lidji, Dallas, TX USA

158) M. Howell, NYC, NY

159) PPHooks, MD, USA

160) Hunter Armistead, Nashville TN, USA

161) Susan Tinney, Nashville TN, USA

162) David Ribar, Nashville TN, USA

163) E. Michael Harrington, Franklin TN, USA

164) Abigail B. Burke, Nashville TN, USA

165) Angela Shedd, Nashville TN, USA

166) Charlotte A. Reichley, Nashville, TN, USA

167) Elizabeth Gardner, Nashville, TN, USA

168) Claire M. Carrico, Nashville, TN, USA

169) Jeanie M. Taylor, Nashville, TN, USA

170) Sherry P. Armistead, Nashville, TN, USA

171) Rebecca Walsh, Hartford, CT, USA

172) Susan Durham, Nashville, TN , USA

173) Melanie Collett, Atlanta, GA, USA

174) Priscilla Miosi, Marietta, GA, USA

175) Melisa Baltes, Powder Springs, GA, USA

176) Vanessa Lynch, Millburn, NJ

177) Felicia Bebelman, Norwalk, CT, USA

178) Manjula Henderson, Gainseville, Florida, USA

179) Jack Nugent,Venice, FL USA

180) Dolores Collins, Sagamore Beach, Fl. USA

181) Sheila Bickerton, San Leandro, CA USA

182) Theresa Schexnayder, San Leandro, Ca USA

183) Cecilia Canales, OP, Fremont, Ca, USA

184) Mary Peter Traviss, O.P., San Francisco, CA

185) Jeanne Hagelskamp, S.P., San Francisco, CA

186) Christina Buckowski, Glendale, CA USA

187) Kathleen A Quiroz, Monitors, CA USA

188) Shari Young Kuchenbecker, Los Angeles, CA

189) Joan C. Heffner, Las Vegas, NV

190) Faye Duncan Daniel, Las Vegas, NV

191) Roger Duncan, CA

192) Larry Hambright, San Diego, CA, USA

193) Mary Jacobson, Escondido, CA,USA

194) Phil Burton Jr., Great Falls, MT. USA

195) Jerry Dunn, Great Falls, MT USA

196) Sandra Castillo, Chicago, IL, USA

197) Lisa Mendelson, Arlington, VA USA

198) Marion Mendelson, Venice, FL USA

199) Barry Prizant, Cranston, RI

200) Laurie Lennon, Boston, MA USA

201) Heather Thompson, MA USA

202) Christine Gallagher, Haddonfield, NJ, USA

203) Kirsten Fullerton, Abington, PA USA

204) Kyle Samuels, Seattle, WA USA

205) Richard Kraus, Sydney, NSW Australia

206) Claudia J Nicholson, Sydney, NSW Australia

207) Nancy Kraus, Glen Allen, VA, USA

208) Sarah Kraus, Charlottesville, USA

209) Charles Staples, Richmond, VA USA

210) Marsha Summers, Richmond, VA USA

211) Sarah Spooner, New Orleans, LA USA

211) Zoya Craig, Westport, CT USA

212) Brittany Butler, New York, NY USA

213) Ivette Delgado, New Haven, CT USA

214) Sarah Lemagie, New Haven, CT USA

215) Kathy Simpson, Tacoma, WA USA

216) Aaron Key, Bellevue, WA USA

217) Molly Christensen, Tacoma, WA USA

218) Liz Nodolf, Auburn, WA USA

219) Brea Drennan, Auburn, WA USA

220) Carrie VanHaecke, Boulder, MT USA

221) Christina David, Boulder, MT USA

222) Laura Llewellyn, Boulder, MT USA

223) Brady Smith, Boulder, MT USA

224) Terry Lynn Minow, Boulder MT USA

225) Kay Unger, Missoula, MT USA

226) Janet Sunderland, Overland Park, KS USA

227) Amy Lewis, Santa Fe, NM USA

228) John West, Fbg, TX USA

229) Dyan L Roessler, Fbg, Tx, USA

230) Buck Tilford, Colorado Springs, CO, US of A

231) Martine Couture, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

232) Jeannie Graham, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

233) Alana Etherington, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

234) Christine Anderson, Alexandria, VA. USA

234) Dennis Smith, Alexandria, VA. USA

235) Laurence Neve, Alexandria. VA. USA

236) T R Wilcox, Victoria. Australia

237) Pauline Hewitt, Australia

238 Paul Hewitt, Australia

239) Chris Bagshaw, Derbyshire, UK

240) Avril Lancashire, Yorkshire, UK

241) Pat Moon, Lancashire, UK

242) Steve Moon, Lancashire,UK

243) Pam Roberts, Lancashire, UK

244) Les Wynne, Lancashire, UK

245) Annette Wynne. Lancashire, UK

246) Lawson Dicks, Lancashire, UK

247) Sheena Dicks, Lancashire, UK

248) Helena Dicks, Bristol, UK

249) Rachel Chen, London, UK

250) Eddie Pang, Hong Kong.

251) Christopher Tan, Singapore

252) Che-peng Man, HK

253) Hitan Shah , UK

254) Joshna Shah, Kenya

255) Hina Gudka, UK

256) Oscar Damen, Kenya

257) Frank Powell, Kenya

258) Susan Ross, Dhaka, Bangladesh

259) Muhammod Abdus Sabur, Dhaka, Bangladesh

260) Sona Sethi, Ottawa, Canada

261) James Pothirajulu, Bhopal, India

262) Tarun Kanojia, New Delhi, India

263) Sanjeev Sethi, NOIDA, India

264)Subrat Nayak, NOIDA,India

265)Abhay Kumar,Noida,India

266)Maneet Mathur,Noida,India

267)Himanshu Bansal,Chandigarh,India

268) Bharat Goel, Chandigarh,India

269)Manav Inder Singh Guram, Ludhiana, India

270) B.M.Lamba,Ludhiana,India

271) K.K.Grover,Rajpura,India

272) K.Chakraborty, Thane, India

273) Ashwin Nagar, Ahmedabad, India

274) James Antony, Cochin, India

275) Jasmin Jose,Cochin,India

276) Muktha Arun, Cochin, India

277) Lakshmi Rajesh,Calicut,India

278) Sindhu Joseph, Wayanad, India

279)Sheeba Ann George, Thodupuzha , India

280)Santhosh Kumar V,Bangalore,India

281)Unnikrishnan U, Kanhangad ,India

282)Shashank G , Udupi ,India

283)Venkata Subbarao Devisetti,Guntur,INDIA

284)Ganesh Nayak M, Mysore,INDIA

285)Suresh Nayak, Bangalore, India

286)Binu Chandran,Bangalore, India

1) COPY this email on to a New Message (instead of a

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2)Sign the bottom, and

3)Send it to everyone on your distribution lists.

4)If you receive this list with more than 300 names on

it, please e-mail

a copy of it to: sarabande

Even if you decide not to sign, please be considerate

and do not kill

the petition. Elizabeth Gardner, SLP The John F.

Kennedy Center for

Human Development Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

37203 Voice mail:

(615) 343-1725

 

 

 

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The following seems to be an official website on the topic:

 

http://afghan.rawa.org/rawa/index.html

 

--Jerry

 

, "binuchandran.b" <bchandra@c...> wrote:

>

> Dear Friends

> If you decide not to forward this, please send it back

> to me. This is an actual petition, and "signatures"

> will be lost if you drop the line. Please take 3

> minutes out of your life to do your part. The

> government of Afghanistan, is waging a war upon women.

> Since the Taliban took power in 1996, women have had

> to wear burqua and have been beaten and stoned in

> public for not having the proper attire, even if this

> means simply not having the mesh covering in front of

> their eyes. One woman was beaten to death by an angry

> mob of fundamentalists for accidentally exposing her

> arm(!) while she was driving. Another was stoned to

> death for trying to leave the country with a man that

> was not a relative. Women are not allowed to work or

> even go out in public without a male relative;

> professional women such as professors, translators,

> doctors, lawyers, artists and writers have been forced

> from their jobs and restricted to their homes. Homes

> where a woman is present must have their windows

> painted so that she can never be seen by outsiders.

> They must wear silent shoes so that they are never

> heard. Women live in fear of their lives for the

> slightest misbehaviour. Because they cannot work,

> those without male relatives or husbands are either

> starving to death or begging the street, even if they

> hold Ph.D.s. Depression is becoming so widespread that

> it has reached emergency levels. There is no way in

> such an extreme Islamic society to know the suicide

> rate with certainty, but relief workers are estimating

> that the suicide rate among women must be

> extraordinarily high: those who cannot find proper

> medication and treatment for severe depression and

> would rather take their lives than live in such

> conditions. At one of the rare hospitals for women, a

> reporter found still, nearly lifeless bodies lying

> motionless on top of beds, wrapped in their burqua,

> unwilling to speak, eat, or do anything, but slowly

> wasting away. Others have gone mad and were seen

> crouched in corners, perpetually rocking or crying,

> most of them in fear. When what little medication that

> is left finally runs out, one doctor is considering

> leaving these women in front of the president's

> residence as a form of protest. It is at the point

> where the term "human rights violations" has become an

> understatement. Husbands have the power of life and

> death over their women relatives, especially their

> wives, but an angry mob has just as much right to

> stone or beat a woman, often to death, for exposing an

> inch of flesh or offending them in the slightest way.

> Women enjoyed relative freedom: to work, to dress

> generally as they wanted, and to drive and appear in

> public alone until only 1996. The rapidity of this

> transition is the main reason for the depression and

> suicide; Women who were once educators or doctors or

> simply used to basic human freedoms are now severely

> restricted and treated as subhuman in the name of

> right-wing fundamentalist Islam. It is not their

> tradition or culture,' but it is alien to them, and it

> is extreme even for those cultures where

> fundamentalism is the rule. Everyone has a right to a

> tolerable human existence, even if they are women in a

> Muslim country. If we can threaten military force in

> Kosovo the name of human rights for the sake of ethnic

> Albanians, citizens of the world can certainly express

> peaceful outrage at the oppression, murder and

> injustice committed against women by the Taliban. (See

> Directions at End)

>

> STATEMENT:

>

> In signing this, we agree that the current treatment

> of women in Afghanistan is completely UNACCEPTABLE and

> deserves action by the United Nations and that the

> current situation overseas will not be tolerated.

> Women's Rights is not a small issue anywhere, and it

> is UNACCEPTABLE for women in 2001 to be treated as

> subhuman and as so much property. Equality and human

> decency is a fundamental RIGHT, not a freedom to be

> granted, whether one lives in Afghanistan or

> elsewhere.

> 1) Giuliana D. Black, Daly City,CA,USA

> 2) Mariam Nayiny, Palo Alto,CA,USA

> 3) Sunaina Gulati-Ruh, Palo Alto,CA,USA

> 4) Megan McCaslin, Palo Alto,CA,USA

> 5) Blake Halliana, San Francisco,CA,USA

> 6) Kit Henderson, Sacramento,CA,USA

> 7) Sara Myers, San Francisco,CA,USA

> 8) Ellen Tilden, San Fransisco,CA,USA

> 9) Vanessa Ross, San Francisco,CA,USA

> 10) Jenna Shaw- Battista, SanFrancisco,CA,USA

> 11) Jeanne Racik, Berkeley,CA,USA

> 12) Julie Silas, Oakland,CA,USA

> 13) Renee Longstreet, Tarzana,CA,USA

> 14) Susan Johnson, Encino,CA,USA

> 15) Kenneth Johnson, Encino,CA,USA

> 16) Terri Treas, Los Angeles,CA,USA

> 17) Amy Retzinger, North Hollywood,CA,USA

> 18) Babette Crooms, Los Angeles,CA,USA

> 19) Olivia Kienzel; Santa Barbara,CA,USA

> 20) Sean Dexheimer, Los Angeles,CA,USA

> 21) Elio Chavez, Jr., Pasadena,CA,USA

> 22) Gregory Kastigar, Los Angeles,CA,USA

> 23) Robert Collie, Los Angeles,CA,USA

> 24) Jeff Garvin, Brea,CA,USA

> 25) Tricia Allen, Sherman Oaks,CA,USA

> 26) Joleen Nordstrom, Hollywood,CA,USA

> 27) Theresa Donahoe, Martinez,CA,USA

> 28) Jennifer Horn, Concord,CA,USA

> 29) Roxanne Ryan,Alamo,CA,USA

> 30) Miriam Tyler, San Jose,CA,USA

> 31) John Burns, San Jose,CA,USA

> 32) Kristin Lynn Minick, Fort Worth,TX,USA

> 33) Jeff Neal, Marietta,GA,USA 3

> 4) Anna Neal, Marietta, GA,USA

> 35) Frances Murley-FortWorth,TX,USA

> 36) David Murley-London,England,UNITED KINGDOM

> 37) Jillian Dykhouse, Colleyville,TX,USA

> 38) Bonnie Dykhouse,Colleyville,TX,USA

> 39) Nancy Williams, Colleyville,TX,USA

> 40) Georgene Farr, Sterling Heights,MI,USA

> 41) Joanne Arensberg, Riverview,MI,USA

> 42) Luann Ouellette, Vermillion,SD,USA

> 43) Sandie Sullivan, Vermillion,SD,USA

> 44) Troy Nelson, Minneapolis,MN,USA

> 45) Joseph Miller, Minnepolis,MN,USA

> 46) Kathleen Miller, White Bear Lake,MN,USA

> 47) Jerry Marquis, Mpls.,MN,USA

> 48) Julie Stokes, Coon Rapids,MN,USA

> 49) Tracy Ford, Blaine,MN,USA

> 50) Sheila Lawrence, Monticello,MN,USA

> 51) Brenda Kitchen, Westlake Village,CA,USA

> 52) Teresa Burke, Sherman Oaks,CA,USA

> 53) Bruce Ehrlich, Sherman Oaks,CA,USA

> 54) Yllania Francis, Los Angeles,CA,USA

> 55) Drew Hedin, Los Angeles,CA,USA

> 56) Laura Paridon, Laguna Woods,CA,USA

> 57) Jeanie Hagedorn, Des Moines,IA,USA

> 58) Sue Christensen, Des Moines,IA,USA

> 59) Sybil Finken, Glenwood,IA,USA

> 60) Luke Finken, Earth

> 61) Doug Gerace, Lincoln,NE,USA

> 62) Cheryl Gerace,NE,USA

> 63) Sheri Lew,CO,USA

> 64) Raven Grace,Boulder,CO,USA

> 65) Martha M.Mertz,EL,MI,USA

> 66) Colleen R. Cooper,Okemos,MI,USA

> 67) Barbara J. Sawyer-Koch, East Lansing,MI,USA

> 68) Margaret A. Meyers,Okemos,MI,USA

> 69) Mary Helen Espes, Okemos,MI,USA

> 70) Maureen Kirchhoff, Allenspark,CO,USA

> 71) Bart Johnson, Err, FRANCE

> 72) Sharon O'Connor, Olympia,WA,USA

> 73) Nancy Irving, Tbilisi, REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA

> 74) Martha Lindley, Seattle,WA,USA

> 75) Judith Alexander, Woodinville,WA,USA

> 76) Arlene B. Hawkinson, Seattle,WA,USA

> 77) Christine E. Mobley, Bothell,WA,USA

> 78) Trudie Breen,CA,USA

> 79) Catherine Standiford,CA,USA

> 80) Beverly Truett,AZ,USA

> 81) Christine Meehan,AZ,USA

> 82) Janice Gilbert, Valley Center,CA,USA

> 83) Dawna Upchurch, Anchorage,AK,USA

> 84) Roxanna Groves, Olympia,WA,USA

> 85) Lynda Lynde, Helena,MT,USA

> 86) Constance Gelu, University Place,WA,USA

> 87) Jodi Woolett, Tacoma,WA,USA

> 88) Lisa I. Reeves- Lynden,WA,USA

> 89) Amanda James-Bow,WA,USA

> 90) Kelli J. Smith, New Port Richey,FL,USA

> 91) Chris Poirier, Largo,FL,USA

> 92) Mike Carpenter, Palmetto,FL,USA

> 93) Alice Pryor, Melbourne,FL,USA

> 94) Ellen Catano,Manchester,NH,USA

> 95) Bevely Jennings, Cincinnati,OH,USA

> 96) Linda Feely, Norwood,OH,USA

> 97) Sherry Stidham, Norwood,OH,USA

> 98) Brittany Brown,Cincinnati,OH,USA

> 99) Sandy Brown, Cincinnati,OH,USA

> 100) Tim Brown, Cincinnati,OH,USA

> 101) Pat Brown, Cincinnati,OH,USA

> 102) Amy Cregger, Memphis,TN,USA 1

> 103) Kay Emerick, Logan, OH,USA

> 104) Trina Bookman Logan, OH,USA

> 105) Mary Samuelson, St. Louis, MO,USA

> 106) Jeannette Ward, Memphis, TN,USA

> 107) Elisabeth Davis, Memphis, TN,USA

> 108) Rose Klimek, Memphis, TN,USA

> 109) Barbara K. White, Hoquiam,WA,USA

> 110) Paula J. Eriksen, Palm Harbor, FL,USA

> 111) Ragnar Eriksen, Palm Harbor, FL,USA

> 112) Marilyn King, CLEARWATER, FL,USA

> 113) Barbara Stiner,Oldsmar, FL,USA

> 114) Jac'line Weisgerber,Clearwater,FL,USA

> 115) Charlotte Beadles, Douglasville, GA,USA

> 116) Jody Hoadley, Powder Springs,GA,USA

> 117) Hope Howard, Atlanta,GA,USA

> 118) Cliff Howard, Atlanta,GA USA

> 119) Kay Chicoine, Atlanta,GA,USA

> 120) Mark Chicoine, Atlanta,GA,USA

> 121) Paula King, Lexington,KY,USA

> 122) Sally Weissman,Minneapolis,MN,USA

> 123) Susan Abbott, New Brighton,MN,USA

> 124) Rachel Fine, St. Louis Park,MN,USA

> 125) Deb Harley,Eden Prairie, MN,USA

> 126) Barb Handahl,Faribault, MN,USA

> 127) Ann Olson,Chamberlain,SD,USA

> 128) Deb Hunt,Sioux Falls,SD,USA

> 129) Anne Frankman, Sioux Falls,SD,USA

> 130) Susie Kostel, Tabor,SD,USA

> 131) Julie Anderson, Mount Prospect,IL,USA

> 132) Janet Tilden, Fremont,NE,USA

> 133) Debbie Bowman, Kingston Springs,TN,USA

> 134) Shari Watkins, Franklin,TN,USA

> 135) Teresa Beck, Columbia,TN,USA

> 136) Don Hill, Nashville,TN,USA

> 137) Suzanne Supplee, Reistertown,MD,USA

> 138) Mina Dillard-Gits, Agoura Hills,CA,USA

> 139) Negrita Jayde, Venice,CA,USA

> 139) Gregory Hines, Venice,CA,USA

> 140) Laurie Fierstein, New York,NY,USA

> 141) Cecelia Casey, New York,NY,USA

> 142) Shana Deane, New York,NY,USA

> 143) Lynn Neal ,Newark,DE,USA

> 144) Rosemary Lane, Bear,DE,USA

> 145) Andrea Arena, Newark,DE,USA

> 146) Rick Neidig, Wilmington,DE,USA

> 147) Lisa Dill, Wilmington, DE, USA

> 148) Donna Staring, Newark,DE,USA

> 149) V.C. Hernandez, Miami,FL, USA

> 150) G.L. Gonzalez, Miami, FL, USA

> 151) K. Casey, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA

> 152) A. Lewis, Dallas, TX, USA

> 153) S. Shepard, Chicago, IL, USA

> 154) S. Arthur, Memphis, TN USA

> 155) C. Lee, Knoxville, TN USA

> 156) A. Toland, Dallas, TX USA

> 157) F. Lidji, Dallas, TX USA

> 158) M. Howell, NYC, NY

> 159) PPHooks, MD, USA

> 160) Hunter Armistead, Nashville TN, USA

> 161) Susan Tinney, Nashville TN, USA

> 162) David Ribar, Nashville TN, USA

> 163) E. Michael Harrington, Franklin TN, USA

> 164) Abigail B. Burke, Nashville TN, USA

> 165) Angela Shedd, Nashville TN, USA

> 166) Charlotte A. Reichley, Nashville, TN, USA

> 167) Elizabeth Gardner, Nashville, TN, USA

> 168) Claire M. Carrico, Nashville, TN, USA

> 169) Jeanie M. Taylor, Nashville, TN, USA

> 170) Sherry P. Armistead, Nashville, TN, USA

> 171) Rebecca Walsh, Hartford, CT, USA

> 172) Susan Durham, Nashville, TN , USA

> 173) Melanie Collett, Atlanta, GA, USA

> 174) Priscilla Miosi, Marietta, GA, USA

> 175) Melisa Baltes, Powder Springs, GA, USA

> 176) Vanessa Lynch, Millburn, NJ

> 177) Felicia Bebelman, Norwalk, CT, USA

> 178) Manjula Henderson, Gainseville, Florida, USA

> 179) Jack Nugent,Venice, FL USA

> 180) Dolores Collins, Sagamore Beach, Fl. USA

> 181) Sheila Bickerton, San Leandro, CA USA

> 182) Theresa Schexnayder, San Leandro, Ca USA

> 183) Cecilia Canales, OP, Fremont, Ca, USA

> 184) Mary Peter Traviss, O.P., San Francisco, CA

> 185) Jeanne Hagelskamp, S.P., San Francisco, CA

> 186) Christina Buckowski, Glendale, CA USA

> 187) Kathleen A Quiroz, Monitors, CA USA

> 188) Shari Young Kuchenbecker, Los Angeles, CA

> 189) Joan C. Heffner, Las Vegas, NV

> 190) Faye Duncan Daniel, Las Vegas, NV

> 191) Roger Duncan, CA

> 192) Larry Hambright, San Diego, CA, USA

> 193) Mary Jacobson, Escondido, CA,USA

> 194) Phil Burton Jr., Great Falls, MT. USA

> 195) Jerry Dunn, Great Falls, MT USA

> 196) Sandra Castillo, Chicago, IL, USA

> 197) Lisa Mendelson, Arlington, VA USA

> 198) Marion Mendelson, Venice, FL USA

> 199) Barry Prizant, Cranston, RI

> 200) Laurie Lennon, Boston, MA USA

> 201) Heather Thompson, MA USA

> 202) Christine Gallagher, Haddonfield, NJ, USA

> 203) Kirsten Fullerton, Abington, PA USA

> 204) Kyle Samuels, Seattle, WA USA

> 205) Richard Kraus, Sydney, NSW Australia

> 206) Claudia J Nicholson, Sydney, NSW Australia

> 207) Nancy Kraus, Glen Allen, VA, USA

> 208) Sarah Kraus, Charlottesville, USA

> 209) Charles Staples, Richmond, VA USA

> 210) Marsha Summers, Richmond, VA USA

> 211) Sarah Spooner, New Orleans, LA USA

> 211) Zoya Craig, Westport, CT USA

> 212) Brittany Butler, New York, NY USA

> 213) Ivette Delgado, New Haven, CT USA

> 214) Sarah Lemagie, New Haven, CT USA

> 215) Kathy Simpson, Tacoma, WA USA

> 216) Aaron Key, Bellevue, WA USA

> 217) Molly Christensen, Tacoma, WA USA

> 218) Liz Nodolf, Auburn, WA USA

> 219) Brea Drennan, Auburn, WA USA

> 220) Carrie VanHaecke, Boulder, MT USA

> 221) Christina David, Boulder, MT USA

> 222) Laura Llewellyn, Boulder, MT USA

> 223) Brady Smith, Boulder, MT USA

> 224) Terry Lynn Minow, Boulder MT USA

> 225) Kay Unger, Missoula, MT USA

> 226) Janet Sunderland, Overland Park, KS USA

> 227) Amy Lewis, Santa Fe, NM USA

> 228) John West, Fbg, TX USA

> 229) Dyan L Roessler, Fbg, Tx, USA

> 230) Buck Tilford, Colorado Springs, CO, US of A

> 231) Martine Couture, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

> 232) Jeannie Graham, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

> 233) Alana Etherington, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

> 234) Christine Anderson, Alexandria, VA. USA

> 234) Dennis Smith, Alexandria, VA. USA

> 235) Laurence Neve, Alexandria. VA. USA

> 236) T R Wilcox, Victoria. Australia

> 237) Pauline Hewitt, Australia

> 238 Paul Hewitt, Australia

> 239) Chris Bagshaw, Derbyshire, UK

> 240) Avril Lancashire, Yorkshire, UK

> 241) Pat Moon, Lancashire, UK

> 242) Steve Moon, Lancashire,UK

> 243) Pam Roberts, Lancashire, UK

> 244) Les Wynne, Lancashire, UK

> 245) Annette Wynne. Lancashire, UK

> 246) Lawson Dicks, Lancashire, UK

> 247) Sheena Dicks, Lancashire, UK

> 248) Helena Dicks, Bristol, UK

> 249) Rachel Chen, London, UK

> 250) Eddie Pang, Hong Kong.

> 251) Christopher Tan, Singapore

> 252) Che-peng Man, HK

> 253) Hitan Shah , UK

> 254) Joshna Shah, Kenya

> 255) Hina Gudka, UK

> 256) Oscar Damen, Kenya

> 257) Frank Powell, Kenya

> 258) Susan Ross, Dhaka, Bangladesh

> 259) Muhammod Abdus Sabur, Dhaka, Bangladesh

> 260) Sona Sethi, Ottawa, Canada

> 261) James Pothirajulu, Bhopal, India

> 262) Tarun Kanojia, New Delhi, India

> 263) Sanjeev Sethi, NOIDA, India

> 264)Subrat Nayak, NOIDA,India

> 265)Abhay Kumar,Noida,India

> 266)Maneet Mathur,Noida,India

> 267)Himanshu Bansal,Chandigarh,India

> 268) Bharat Goel, Chandigarh,India

> 269)Manav Inder Singh Guram, Ludhiana, India

> 270) B.M.Lamba,Ludhiana,India

> 271) K.K.Grover,Rajpura,India

> 272) K.Chakraborty, Thane, India

> 273) Ashwin Nagar, Ahmedabad, India

> 274) James Antony, Cochin, India

> 275) Jasmin Jose,Cochin,India

> 276) Muktha Arun, Cochin, India

> 277) Lakshmi Rajesh,Calicut,India

> 278) Sindhu Joseph, Wayanad, India

> 279)Sheeba Ann George, Thodupuzha , India

> 280)Santhosh Kumar V,Bangalore,India

> 281)Unnikrishnan U, Kanhangad ,India

> 282)Shashank G , Udupi ,India

> 283)Venkata Subbarao Devisetti,Guntur,INDIA

> 284)Ganesh Nayak M, Mysore,INDIA

> 285)Suresh Nayak, Bangalore, India

> 286)Binu Chandran,Bangalore, India

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Thank you Jerry. It might be added that this petition cannot be sent

to the requested email, as it has ceased to exist. There is a

legitimate one on the RAWA site.

Glo

The following seems to be an official website on the

topic:http://afghan.rawa.org/rawa/index.html--Jerry--- In

, "binuchandran.b" <bchandra@c...> wrote:> > Dear

Friends> If you decide not to forward this, please send it back> to

me. This is an actual petition, and "signatures"> will be lost if you

drop the line. Please take 3> minutes out of your life to do your

part. The> government of Afghanistan, is waging a war upon women.>

Since the Taliban took power in 1996, women have had> to wear burqua

and have been beaten and stoned in> public for not having the proper

attire, even if this> means simply not having the mesh covering in

front of> their eyes. One woman was beaten to death by an angry> mob

of fundamentalists for accidentally exposing her> arm(!) while she

was driving. Another was stoned to> death for trying to leave the

country with a man that> was not a relative. Women are not allowed to

work or> even go out in public without a male relative;> professional

women such as professors, translators,> doctors, lawyers, artists and

writers have been forced> from their jobs and restricted to their

homes. Homes> where a woman is present must have their windows>

painted so that she can never be seen by outsiders.> They must wear

silent shoes so that they are never> heard. Women live in fear of

their lives for the> slightest misbehaviour. Because they cannot

work,> those without male relatives or husbands are either> starving

to death or begging the street, even if they> hold Ph.D.s. Depression

is becoming so widespread that> it has reached emergency levels. There

is no way in> such an extreme Islamic society to know the suicide>

rate with certainty, but relief workers are estimating> that the

suicide rate among women must be> extraordinarily high: those who

cannot find proper> medication and treatment for severe depression

and> would rather take their lives than live in such> conditions. At

one of the rare hospitals for women, a> reporter found still, nearly

lifeless bodies lying> motionless on top of beds, wrapped in their

burqua,> unwilling to speak, eat, or do anything, but slowly> wasting

away. Others have gone mad and were seen> crouched in corners,

perpetually rocking or crying,> most of them in fear. When what

little medication that> is left finally runs out, one doctor is

considering> leaving these women in front of the president's>

residence as a form of protest. It is at the point> where the term

"human rights violations" has become an> understatement. Husbands

have the power of life and> death over their women relatives,

especially their> wives, but an angry mob has just as much right to>

stone or beat a woman, often to death, for exposing an> inch of flesh

or offending them in the slightest way.> Women enjoyed relative

freedom: to work, to dress> generally as they wanted, and to drive

and appear in> public alone until only 1996. The rapidity of this>

transition is the main reason for the depression and> suicide; Women

who were once educators or doctors or> simply used to basic human

freedoms are now severely> restricted and treated as subhuman in the

name of> right-wing fundamentalist Islam. It is not their> tradition

or culture,' but it is alien to them, and it> is extreme even for

those cultures where> fundamentalism is the rule. Everyone has a

right to a> tolerable human existence, even if they are women in a>

Muslim country. If we can threaten military force in> Kosovo the name

of human rights for the sake of ethnic> Albanians, citizens of the

world can certainly express> peaceful outrage at the oppression,

murder and> injustice committed against women by the Taliban. (See>

Directions at End) > > STATEMENT: > > In signing this, we agree that

the current treatment> of women in Afghanistan is completely

UNACCEPTABLE and> deserves action by the United Nations and that the>

current situation overseas will not be tolerated.> Women's Rights is

not a small issue anywhere, and it> is UNACCEPTABLE for women in 2001

to be treated as> subhuman and as so much property. Equality and

human> decency is a fundamental RIGHT, not a freedom to be> granted,

whether one lives in Afghanistan or> elsewhere. > 1) Giuliana D.

Black, Daly City,CA,USA > 2) Mariam Nayiny, Palo Alto,CA,USA > 3)

Sunaina Gulati-Ruh, Palo Alto,CA,USA > 4) Megan McCaslin, Palo

Alto,CA,USA > 5) Blake Halliana, San Francisco,CA,USA > 6) Kit

Henderson, Sacramento,CA,USA > 7) Sara Myers, San Francisco,CA,USA >

8) Ellen Tilden, San Fransisco,CA,USA > 9) Vanessa Ross, San

Francisco,CA,USA > 10) Jenna Shaw- Battista, SanFrancisco,CA,USA >

11) Jeanne Racik, Berkeley,CA,USA > 12) Julie Silas, Oakland,CA,USA >

13) Renee Longstreet, Tarzana,CA,USA > 14) Susan Johnson,

Encino,CA,USA > 15) Kenneth Johnson, Encino,CA,USA > 16) Terri Treas,

Los Angeles,CA,USA > 17) Amy Retzinger, North Hollywood,CA,USA > 18)

Babette Crooms, Los Angeles,CA,USA > 19) Olivia Kienzel; Santa

Barbara,CA,USA > 20) Sean Dexheimer, Los Angeles,CA,USA > 21) Elio

Chavez, Jr., Pasadena,CA,USA > 22) Gregory Kastigar, Los

Angeles,CA,USA > 23) Robert Collie, Los Angeles,CA,USA > 24) Jeff

Garvin, Brea,CA,USA > 25) Tricia Allen, Sherman Oaks,CA,USA > 26)

Joleen Nordstrom, Hollywood,CA,USA > 27) Theresa Donahoe,

Martinez,CA,USA > 28) Jennifer Horn, Concord,CA,USA > 29) Roxanne

Ryan,Alamo,CA,USA > 30) Miriam Tyler, San Jose,CA,USA > 31) John

Burns, San Jose,CA,USA > 32) Kristin Lynn Minick, Fort Worth,TX,USA >

33) Jeff Neal, Marietta,GA,USA 3 > 4) Anna Neal, Marietta, GA,USA >

35) Frances Murley-FortWorth,TX,USA > 36) David

Murley-London,England,UNITED KINGDOM > 37) Jillian Dykhouse,

Colleyville,TX,USA > 38) Bonnie Dykhouse,Colleyville,TX,USA > 39)

Nancy Williams, Colleyville,TX,USA > 40) Georgene Farr, Sterling

Heights,MI,USA > 41) Joanne Arensberg, Riverview,MI,USA > 42) Luann

Ouellette, Vermillion,SD,USA > 43) Sandie Sullivan, Vermillion,SD,USA

> 44) Troy Nelson, Minneapolis,MN,USA > 45) Joseph Miller,

Minnepolis,MN,USA > 46) Kathleen Miller, White Bear Lake,MN,USA > 47)

Jerry Marquis, Mpls.,MN,USA > 48) Julie Stokes, Coon Rapids,MN,USA >

49) Tracy Ford, Blaine,MN,USA > 50) Sheila Lawrence,

Monticello,MN,USA > 51) Brenda Kitchen, Westlake Village,CA,USA > 52)

Teresa Burke, Sherman Oaks,CA,USA > 53) Bruce Ehrlich, Sherman

Oaks,CA,USA > 54) Yllania Francis, Los Angeles,CA,USA > 55) Drew

Hedin, Los Angeles,CA,USA > 56) Laura Paridon, Laguna Woods,CA,USA >

57) Jeanie Hagedorn, Des Moines,IA,USA > 58) Sue Christensen, Des

Moines,IA,USA > 59) Sybil Finken, Glenwood,IA,USA > 60) Luke Finken,

Earth > 61) Doug Gerace, Lincoln,NE,USA > 62) Cheryl Gerace,NE,USA >

63) Sheri Lew,CO,USA > 64) Raven Grace,Boulder,CO,USA > 65) Martha

M.Mertz,EL,MI,USA > 66) Colleen R. Cooper,Okemos,MI,USA > 67) Barbara

J. Sawyer-Koch, East Lansing,MI,USA > 68) Margaret A.

Meyers,Okemos,MI,USA > 69) Mary Helen Espes, Okemos,MI,USA > 70)

Maureen Kirchhoff, Allenspark,CO,USA > 71) Bart Johnson, Err, FRANCE

> 72) Sharon O'Connor, Olympia,WA,USA > 73) Nancy Irving, Tbilisi,

REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA > 74) Martha Lindley, Seattle,WA,USA > 75) Judith

Alexander, Woodinville,WA,USA > 76) Arlene B. Hawkinson,

Seattle,WA,USA > 77) Christine E. Mobley, Bothell,WA,USA > 78) Trudie

Breen,CA,USA > 79) Catherine Standiford,CA,USA > 80) Beverly

Truett,AZ,USA > 81) Christine Meehan,AZ,USA > 82) Janice Gilbert,

Valley Center,CA,USA > 83) Dawna Upchurch, Anchorage,AK,USA > 84)

Roxanna Groves, Olympia,WA,USA > 85) Lynda Lynde, Helena,MT,USA > 86)

Constance Gelu, University Place,WA,USA > 87) Jodi Woolett,

Tacoma,WA,USA > 88) Lisa I. Reeves- Lynden,WA,USA > 89) Amanda

James-Bow,WA,USA > 90) Kelli J. Smith, New Port Richey,FL,USA > 91)

Chris Poirier, Largo,FL,USA > 92) Mike Carpenter, Palmetto,FL,USA >

93) Alice Pryor, Melbourne,FL,USA > 94) Ellen

Catano,Manchester,NH,USA > 95) Bevely Jennings, Cincinnati,OH,USA >

96) Linda Feely, Norwood,OH,USA > 97) Sherry Stidham, Norwood,OH,USA

> 98) Brittany Brown,Cincinnati,OH,USA > 99) Sandy Brown,

Cincinnati,OH,USA > 100) Tim Brown, Cincinnati,OH,USA > 101) Pat

Brown, Cincinnati,OH,USA > 102) Amy Cregger, Memphis,TN,USA 1 > 103)

Kay Emerick, Logan, OH,USA > 104) Trina Bookman Logan, OH,USA > 105)

Mary Samuelson, St. Louis, MO,USA > 106) Jeannette Ward, Memphis,

TN,USA > 107) Elisabeth Davis, Memphis, TN,USA > 108) Rose Klimek,

Memphis, TN,USA > 109) Barbara K. White, Hoquiam,WA,USA > 110) Paula

J. Eriksen, Palm Harbor, FL,USA > 111) Ragnar Eriksen, Palm Harbor,

FL,USA > 112) Marilyn King, CLEARWATER, FL,USA > 113) Barbara

Stiner,Oldsmar, FL,USA > 114) Jac'line Weisgerber,Clearwater,FL,USA >

115) Charlotte Beadles, Douglasville, GA,USA > 116) Jody Hoadley,

Powder Springs,GA,USA > 117) Hope Howard, Atlanta,GA,USA > 118) Cliff

Howard, Atlanta,GA USA > 119) Kay Chicoine, Atlanta,GA,USA > 120) Mark

Chicoine, Atlanta,GA,USA > 121) Paula King, Lexington,KY,USA > 122)

Sally Weissman,Minneapolis,MN,USA > 123) Susan Abbott, New

Brighton,MN,USA > 124) Rachel Fine, St. Louis Park,MN,USA > 125) Deb

Harley,Eden Prairie, MN,USA > 126) Barb Handahl,Faribault, MN,USA >

127) Ann Olson,Chamberlain,SD,USA > 128) Deb Hunt,Sioux Falls,SD,USA

> 129) Anne Frankman, Sioux Falls,SD,USA > 130) Susie Kostel,

Tabor,SD,USA > 131) Julie Anderson, Mount Prospect,IL,USA > 132)

Janet Tilden, Fremont,NE,USA > 133) Debbie Bowman, Kingston

Springs,TN,USA > 134) Shari Watkins, Franklin,TN,USA > 135) Teresa

Beck, Columbia,TN,USA > 136) Don Hill, Nashville,TN,USA > 137)

Suzanne Supplee, Reistertown,MD,USA > 138) Mina Dillard-Gits, Agoura

Hills,CA,USA > 139) Negrita Jayde, Venice,CA,USA > 139) Gregory

Hines, Venice,CA,USA > 140) Laurie Fierstein, New York,NY,USA > 141)

Cecelia Casey, New York,NY,USA > 142) Shana Deane, New York,NY,USA >

143) Lynn Neal ,Newark,DE,USA > 144) Rosemary Lane, Bear,DE,USA >

145) Andrea Arena, Newark,DE,USA > 146) Rick Neidig,

Wilmington,DE,USA > 147) Lisa Dill, Wilmington, DE, USA > 148) Donna

Staring, Newark,DE,USA > 149) V.C. Hernandez, Miami,FL, USA > 150)

G.L. Gonzalez, Miami, FL, USA > 151) K. Casey, Ft. Lauderdale, FL,

USA > 152) A. Lewis, Dallas, TX, USA > 153) S. Shepard, Chicago, IL,

USA > 154) S. Arthur, Memphis, TN USA > 155) C. Lee, Knoxville, TN

USA > 156) A. Toland, Dallas, TX USA > 157) F. Lidji, Dallas, TX USA

> 158) M. Howell, NYC, NY > 159) PPHooks, MD, USA > 160) Hunter

Armistead, Nashville TN, USA > 161) Susan Tinney, Nashville TN, USA >

162) David Ribar, Nashville TN, USA > 163) E. Michael Harrington,

Franklin TN, USA > 164) Abigail B. Burke, Nashville TN, USA > 165)

Angela Shedd, Nashville TN, USA > 166) Charlotte A. Reichley,

Nashville, TN, USA > 167) Elizabeth Gardner, Nashville, TN, USA >

168) Claire M. Carrico, Nashville, TN, USA > 169) Jeanie M. Taylor,

Nashville, TN, USA > 170) Sherry P. Armistead, Nashville, TN, USA >

171) Rebecca Walsh, Hartford, CT, USA > 172) Susan Durham, Nashville,

TN , USA > 173) Melanie Collett, Atlanta, GA, USA > 174) Priscilla

Miosi, Marietta, GA, USA > 175) Melisa Baltes, Powder Springs, GA,

USA > 176) Vanessa Lynch, Millburn, NJ > 177) Felicia Bebelman,

Norwalk, CT, USA > 178) Manjula Henderson, Gainseville, Florida, USA

> 179) Jack Nugent,Venice, FL USA > 180) Dolores Collins, Sagamore

Beach, Fl. USA > 181) Sheila Bickerton, San Leandro, CA USA > 182)

Theresa Schexnayder, San Leandro, Ca USA > 183) Cecilia Canales, OP,

Fremont, Ca, USA > 184) Mary Peter Traviss, O.P., San Francisco, CA >

185) Jeanne Hagelskamp, S.P., San Francisco, CA > 186) Christina

Buckowski, Glendale, CA USA > 187) Kathleen A Quiroz, Monitors, CA

USA > 188) Shari Young Kuchenbecker, Los Angeles, CA > 189) Joan C.

Heffner, Las Vegas, NV > 190) Faye Duncan Daniel, Las Vegas, NV >

191) Roger Duncan, CA > 192) Larry Hambright, San Diego, CA, USA >

193) Mary Jacobson, Escondido, CA,USA > 194) Phil Burton Jr., Great

Falls, MT. USA > 195) Jerry Dunn, Great Falls, MT USA > 196) Sandra

Castillo, Chicago, IL, USA > 197) Lisa Mendelson, Arlington, VA USA >

198) Marion Mendelson, Venice, FL USA > 199) Barry Prizant, Cranston,

RI > 200) Laurie Lennon, Boston, MA USA > 201) Heather Thompson, MA

USA > 202) Christine Gallagher, Haddonfield, NJ, USA > 203) Kirsten

Fullerton, Abington, PA USA > 204) Kyle Samuels, Seattle, WA USA >

205) Richard Kraus, Sydney, NSW Australia > 206) Claudia J Nicholson,

Sydney, NSW Australia > 207) Nancy Kraus, Glen Allen, VA, USA > 208)

Sarah Kraus, Charlottesville, USA > 209) Charles Staples, Richmond,

VA USA > 210) Marsha Summers, Richmond, VA USA > 211) Sarah Spooner,

New Orleans, LA USA > 211) Zoya Craig, Westport, CT USA > 212)

Brittany Butler, New York, NY USA > 213) Ivette Delgado, New Haven,

CT USA > 214) Sarah Lemagie, New Haven, CT USA > 215) Kathy Simpson,

Tacoma, WA USA > 216) Aaron Key, Bellevue, WA USA > 217) Molly

Christensen, Tacoma, WA USA > 218) Liz Nodolf, Auburn, WA USA > 219)

Brea Drennan, Auburn, WA USA > 220) Carrie VanHaecke, Boulder, MT USA

> 221) Christina David, Boulder, MT USA > 222) Laura Llewellyn,

Boulder, MT USA > 223) Brady Smith, Boulder, MT USA > 224) Terry Lynn

Minow, Boulder MT USA > 225) Kay Unger, Missoula, MT USA > 226) Janet

Sunderland, Overland Park, KS USA > 227) Amy Lewis, Santa Fe, NM USA

> 228) John West, Fbg, TX USA > 229) Dyan L Roessler, Fbg, Tx, USA >

230) Buck Tilford, Colorado Springs, CO, US of A > 231) Martine

Couture, Calgary, Alberta, Canada > 232) Jeannie Graham, Calgary,

Alberta, Canada > 233) Alana Etherington, Toronto, Ontario, Canada >

234) Christine Anderson, Alexandria, VA. USA > 234) Dennis Smith,

Alexandria, VA. USA > 235) Laurence Neve, Alexandria. VA. USA > 236)

T R Wilcox, Victoria. Australia > 237) Pauline Hewitt, Australia >

238 Paul Hewitt, Australia > 239) Chris Bagshaw, Derbyshire, UK >

240) Avril Lancashire, Yorkshire, UK > 241) Pat Moon, Lancashire, UK

> 242) Steve Moon, Lancashire,UK > 243) Pam Roberts, Lancashire, UK >

244) Les Wynne, Lancashire, UK > 245) Annette Wynne. Lancashire, UK >

246) Lawson Dicks, Lancashire, UK > 247) Sheena Dicks, Lancashire, UK

> 248) Helena Dicks, Bristol, UK > 249) Rachel Chen, London, UK > 250)

Eddie Pang, Hong Kong. > 251) Christopher Tan, Singapore > 252)

Che-peng Man, HK > 253) Hitan Shah , UK > 254) Joshna Shah, Kenya >

255) Hina Gudka, UK > 256) Oscar Damen, Kenya > 257) Frank Powell,

Kenya > 258) Susan Ross, Dhaka, Bangladesh > 259) Muhammod Abdus

Sabur, Dhaka, Bangladesh > 260) Sona Sethi, Ottawa, Canada > 261)

James Pothirajulu, Bhopal, India > 262) Tarun Kanojia, New Delhi,

India > 263) Sanjeev Sethi, NOIDA, India > 264)Subrat Nayak,

NOIDA,India > 265)Abhay Kumar,Noida,India > 266)Maneet

Mathur,Noida,India > 267)Himanshu Bansal,Chandigarh,India > 268)

Bharat Goel, Chandigarh,India > 269)Manav Inder Singh Guram,

Ludhiana, India > 270) B.M.Lamba,Ludhiana,India > 271)

K.K.Grover,Rajpura,India > 272) K.Chakraborty, Thane, India > 273)

Ashwin Nagar, Ahmedabad, India > 274) James Antony, Cochin, India >

275) Jasmin Jose,Cochin,India > 276) Muktha Arun, Cochin, India> 277)

Lakshmi Rajesh,Calicut,India> 278) Sindhu Joseph, Wayanad, India>

279)Sheeba Ann George, Thodupuzha , India> 280)Santhosh Kumar

V,Bangalore,India> 281)Unnikrishnan U, Kanhangad ,India> 282)Shashank

G , Udupi ,India> 283)Venkata Subbarao Devisetti,Guntur,INDIA>

284)Ganesh Nayak M, Mysore,INDIA> 285)Suresh Nayak, Bangalore, India>

286)Binu Chandran,Bangalore, India> 1) COPY this email on to a New

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University, Nashville, TN> 37203 Voice mail: > (615) 343-1725 > > > >

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Although I much appreciate what this is about... I have a personal

policy not to do any chain letterset of any kind... I'm sorry...I admire

though that you do...

 

You may add my signature this list though

 

Wim Borsboom,Victoria,BC,Canada

 

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Monday, June 18, 2001 1:37 AM

Afghan Atrocities (fwd)

 

>

> Dear Friends

> If you decide not to forward this, please send it back

> to me. This is an actual petition, and "signatures"

> will be lost if you drop the line. Please take 3

> minutes out of your life to do your part. The

> government of Afghanistan, is waging a war upon women.

> Since the Taliban took power in 1996, women have had

> to wear burqua and have been beaten and stoned in

> public for not having the proper attire, even if this

> means simply not having the mesh covering in front of

> their eyes. One woman was beaten to death by an angry

> mob of fundamentalists for accidentally exposing her

> arm(!) while she was driving. Another was stoned to

> death for trying to leave the country with a man that

> was not a relative. Women are not allowed to work or

> even go out in public without a male relative;

> professional women such as professors, translators,

> doctors, lawyers, artists and writers have been forced

> from their jobs and restricted to their homes. Homes

> where a woman is present must have their windows

> painted so that she can never be seen by outsiders.

> They must wear silent shoes so that they are never

> heard. Women live in fear of their lives for the

> slightest misbehaviour. Because they cannot work,

> those without male relatives or husbands are either

> starving to death or begging the street, even if they

> hold Ph.D.s. Depression is becoming so widespread that

> it has reached emergency levels. There is no way in

> such an extreme Islamic society to know the suicide

> rate with certainty, but relief workers are estimating

> that the suicide rate among women must be

> extraordinarily high: those who cannot find proper

> medication and treatment for severe depression and

> would rather take their lives than live in such

> conditions. At one of the rare hospitals for women, a

> reporter found still, nearly lifeless bodies lying

> motionless on top of beds, wrapped in their burqua,

> unwilling to speak, eat, or do anything, but slowly

> wasting away. Others have gone mad and were seen

> crouched in corners, perpetually rocking or crying,

> most of them in fear. When what little medication that

> is left finally runs out, one doctor is considering

> leaving these women in front of the president's

> residence as a form of protest. It is at the point

> where the term "human rights violations" has become an

> understatement. Husbands have the power of life and

> death over their women relatives, especially their

> wives, but an angry mob has just as much right to

> stone or beat a woman, often to death, for exposing an

> inch of flesh or offending them in the slightest way.

> Women enjoyed relative freedom: to work, to dress

> generally as they wanted, and to drive and appear in

> public alone until only 1996. The rapidity of this

> transition is the main reason for the depression and

> suicide; Women who were once educators or doctors or

> simply used to basic human freedoms are now severely

> restricted and treated as subhuman in the name of

> right-wing fundamentalist Islam. It is not their

> tradition or culture,' but it is alien to them, and it

> is extreme even for those cultures where

> fundamentalism is the rule. Everyone has a right to a

> tolerable human existence, even if they are women in a

> Muslim country. If we can threaten military force in

> Kosovo the name of human rights for the sake of ethnic

> Albanians, citizens of the world can certainly express

> peaceful outrage at the oppression, murder and

> injustice committed against women by the Taliban. (See

> Directions at End)

>

> STATEMENT:

>

> In signing this, we agree that the current treatment

> of women in Afghanistan is completely UNACCEPTABLE and

> deserves action by the United Nations and that the

> current situation overseas will not be tolerated.

> Women's Rights is not a small issue anywhere, and it

> is UNACCEPTABLE for women in 2001 to be treated as

> subhuman and as so much property. Equality and human

> decency is a fundamental RIGHT, not a freedom to be

> granted, whether one lives in Afghanistan or

> elsewhere.

> 1) Giuliana D. Black, Daly City,CA,USA

> 2) Mariam Nayiny, Palo Alto,CA,USA

> 3) Sunaina Gulati-Ruh, Palo Alto,CA,USA

> 4) Megan McCaslin, Palo Alto,CA,USA

> 5) Blake Halliana, San Francisco,CA,USA

> 6) Kit Henderson, Sacramento,CA,USA

> 7) Sara Myers, San Francisco,CA,USA

> 8) Ellen Tilden, San Fransisco,CA,USA

> 9) Vanessa Ross, San Francisco,CA,USA

> 10) Jenna Shaw- Battista, SanFrancisco,CA,USA

> 11) Jeanne Racik, Berkeley,CA,USA

> 12) Julie Silas, Oakland,CA,USA

> 13) Renee Longstreet, Tarzana,CA,USA

> 14) Susan Johnson, Encino,CA,USA

> 15) Kenneth Johnson, Encino,CA,USA

> 16) Terri Treas, Los Angeles,CA,USA

> 17) Amy Retzinger, North Hollywood,CA,USA

> 18) Babette Crooms, Los Angeles,CA,USA

> 19) Olivia Kienzel; Santa Barbara,CA,USA

> 20) Sean Dexheimer, Los Angeles,CA,USA

> 21) Elio Chavez, Jr., Pasadena,CA,USA

> 22) Gregory Kastigar, Los Angeles,CA,USA

> 23) Robert Collie, Los Angeles,CA,USA

> 24) Jeff Garvin, Brea,CA,USA

> 25) Tricia Allen, Sherman Oaks,CA,USA

> 26) Joleen Nordstrom, Hollywood,CA,USA

> 27) Theresa Donahoe, Martinez,CA,USA

> 28) Jennifer Horn, Concord,CA,USA

> 29) Roxanne Ryan,Alamo,CA,USA

> 30) Miriam Tyler, San Jose,CA,USA

> 31) John Burns, San Jose,CA,USA

> 32) Kristin Lynn Minick, Fort Worth,TX,USA

> 33) Jeff Neal, Marietta,GA,USA 3

> 4) Anna Neal, Marietta, GA,USA

> 35) Frances Murley-FortWorth,TX,USA

> 36) David Murley-London,England,UNITED KINGDOM

> 37) Jillian Dykhouse, Colleyville,TX,USA

> 38) Bonnie Dykhouse,Colleyville,TX,USA

> 39) Nancy Williams, Colleyville,TX,USA

> 40) Georgene Farr, Sterling Heights,MI,USA

> 41) Joanne Arensberg, Riverview,MI,USA

> 42) Luann Ouellette, Vermillion,SD,USA

> 43) Sandie Sullivan, Vermillion,SD,USA

> 44) Troy Nelson, Minneapolis,MN,USA

> 45) Joseph Miller, Minnepolis,MN,USA

> 46) Kathleen Miller, White Bear Lake,MN,USA

> 47) Jerry Marquis, Mpls.,MN,USA

> 48) Julie Stokes, Coon Rapids,MN,USA

> 49) Tracy Ford, Blaine,MN,USA

> 50) Sheila Lawrence, Monticello,MN,USA

> 51) Brenda Kitchen, Westlake Village,CA,USA

> 52) Teresa Burke, Sherman Oaks,CA,USA

> 53) Bruce Ehrlich, Sherman Oaks,CA,USA

> 54) Yllania Francis, Los Angeles,CA,USA

> 55) Drew Hedin, Los Angeles,CA,USA

> 56) Laura Paridon, Laguna Woods,CA,USA

> 57) Jeanie Hagedorn, Des Moines,IA,USA

> 58) Sue Christensen, Des Moines,IA,USA

> 59) Sybil Finken, Glenwood,IA,USA

> 60) Luke Finken, Earth

> 61) Doug Gerace, Lincoln,NE,USA

> 62) Cheryl Gerace,NE,USA

> 63) Sheri Lew,CO,USA

> 64) Raven Grace,Boulder,CO,USA

> 65) Martha M.Mertz,EL,MI,USA

> 66) Colleen R. Cooper,Okemos,MI,USA

> 67) Barbara J. Sawyer-Koch, East Lansing,MI,USA

> 68) Margaret A. Meyers,Okemos,MI,USA

> 69) Mary Helen Espes, Okemos,MI,USA

> 70) Maureen Kirchhoff, Allenspark,CO,USA

> 71) Bart Johnson, Err, FRANCE

> 72) Sharon O'Connor, Olympia,WA,USA

> 73) Nancy Irving, Tbilisi, REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA

> 74) Martha Lindley, Seattle,WA,USA

> 75) Judith Alexander, Woodinville,WA,USA

> 76) Arlene B. Hawkinson, Seattle,WA,USA

> 77) Christine E. Mobley, Bothell,WA,USA

> 78) Trudie Breen,CA,USA

> 79) Catherine Standiford,CA,USA

> 80) Beverly Truett,AZ,USA

> 81) Christine Meehan,AZ,USA

> 82) Janice Gilbert, Valley Center,CA,USA

> 83) Dawna Upchurch, Anchorage,AK,USA

> 84) Roxanna Groves, Olympia,WA,USA

> 85) Lynda Lynde, Helena,MT,USA

> 86) Constance Gelu, University Place,WA,USA

> 87) Jodi Woolett, Tacoma,WA,USA

> 88) Lisa I. Reeves- Lynden,WA,USA

> 89) Amanda James-Bow,WA,USA

> 90) Kelli J. Smith, New Port Richey,FL,USA

> 91) Chris Poirier, Largo,FL,USA

> 92) Mike Carpenter, Palmetto,FL,USA

> 93) Alice Pryor, Melbourne,FL,USA

> 94) Ellen Catano,Manchester,NH,USA

> 95) Bevely Jennings, Cincinnati,OH,USA

> 96) Linda Feely, Norwood,OH,USA

> 97) Sherry Stidham, Norwood,OH,USA

> 98) Brittany Brown,Cincinnati,OH,USA

> 99) Sandy Brown, Cincinnati,OH,USA

> 100) Tim Brown, Cincinnati,OH,USA

> 101) Pat Brown, Cincinnati,OH,USA

> 102) Amy Cregger, Memphis,TN,USA 1

> 103) Kay Emerick, Logan, OH,USA

> 104) Trina Bookman Logan, OH,USA

> 105) Mary Samuelson, St. Louis, MO,USA

> 106) Jeannette Ward, Memphis, TN,USA

> 107) Elisabeth Davis, Memphis, TN,USA

> 108) Rose Klimek, Memphis, TN,USA

> 109) Barbara K. White, Hoquiam,WA,USA

> 110) Paula J. Eriksen, Palm Harbor, FL,USA

> 111) Ragnar Eriksen, Palm Harbor, FL,USA

> 112) Marilyn King, CLEARWATER, FL,USA

> 113) Barbara Stiner,Oldsmar, FL,USA

> 114) Jac'line Weisgerber,Clearwater,FL,USA

> 115) Charlotte Beadles, Douglasville, GA,USA

> 116) Jody Hoadley, Powder Springs,GA,USA

> 117) Hope Howard, Atlanta,GA,USA

> 118) Cliff Howard, Atlanta,GA USA

> 119) Kay Chicoine, Atlanta,GA,USA

> 120) Mark Chicoine, Atlanta,GA,USA

> 121) Paula King, Lexington,KY,USA

> 122) Sally Weissman,Minneapolis,MN,USA

> 123) Susan Abbott, New Brighton,MN,USA

> 124) Rachel Fine, St. Louis Park,MN,USA

> 125) Deb Harley,Eden Prairie, MN,USA

> 126) Barb Handahl,Faribault, MN,USA

> 127) Ann Olson,Chamberlain,SD,USA

> 128) Deb Hunt,Sioux Falls,SD,USA

> 129) Anne Frankman, Sioux Falls,SD,USA

> 130) Susie Kostel, Tabor,SD,USA

> 131) Julie Anderson, Mount Prospect,IL,USA

> 132) Janet Tilden, Fremont,NE,USA

> 133) Debbie Bowman, Kingston Springs,TN,USA

> 134) Shari Watkins, Franklin,TN,USA

> 135) Teresa Beck, Columbia,TN,USA

> 136) Don Hill, Nashville,TN,USA

> 137) Suzanne Supplee, Reistertown,MD,USA

> 138) Mina Dillard-Gits, Agoura Hills,CA,USA

> 139) Negrita Jayde, Venice,CA,USA

> 139) Gregory Hines, Venice,CA,USA

> 140) Laurie Fierstein, New York,NY,USA

> 141) Cecelia Casey, New York,NY,USA

> 142) Shana Deane, New York,NY,USA

> 143) Lynn Neal ,Newark,DE,USA

> 144) Rosemary Lane, Bear,DE,USA

> 145) Andrea Arena, Newark,DE,USA

> 146) Rick Neidig, Wilmington,DE,USA

> 147) Lisa Dill, Wilmington, DE, USA

> 148) Donna Staring, Newark,DE,USA

> 149) V.C. Hernandez, Miami,FL, USA

> 150) G.L. Gonzalez, Miami, FL, USA

> 151) K. Casey, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA

> 152) A. Lewis, Dallas, TX, USA

> 153) S. Shepard, Chicago, IL, USA

> 154) S. Arthur, Memphis, TN USA

> 155) C. Lee, Knoxville, TN USA

> 156) A. Toland, Dallas, TX USA

> 157) F. Lidji, Dallas, TX USA

> 158) M. Howell, NYC, NY

> 159) PPHooks, MD, USA

> 160) Hunter Armistead, Nashville TN, USA

> 161) Susan Tinney, Nashville TN, USA

> 162) David Ribar, Nashville TN, USA

> 163) E. Michael Harrington, Franklin TN, USA

> 164) Abigail B. Burke, Nashville TN, USA

> 165) Angela Shedd, Nashville TN, USA

> 166) Charlotte A. Reichley, Nashville, TN, USA

> 167) Elizabeth Gardner, Nashville, TN, USA

> 168) Claire M. Carrico, Nashville, TN, USA

> 169) Jeanie M. Taylor, Nashville, TN, USA

> 170) Sherry P. Armistead, Nashville, TN, USA

> 171) Rebecca Walsh, Hartford, CT, USA

> 172) Susan Durham, Nashville, TN , USA

> 173) Melanie Collett, Atlanta, GA, USA

> 174) Priscilla Miosi, Marietta, GA, USA

> 175) Melisa Baltes, Powder Springs, GA, USA

> 176) Vanessa Lynch, Millburn, NJ

> 177) Felicia Bebelman, Norwalk, CT, USA

> 178) Manjula Henderson, Gainseville, Florida, USA

> 179) Jack Nugent,Venice, FL USA

> 180) Dolores Collins, Sagamore Beach, Fl. USA

> 181) Sheila Bickerton, San Leandro, CA USA

> 182) Theresa Schexnayder, San Leandro, Ca USA

> 183) Cecilia Canales, OP, Fremont, Ca, USA

> 184) Mary Peter Traviss, O.P., San Francisco, CA

> 185) Jeanne Hagelskamp, S.P., San Francisco, CA

> 186) Christina Buckowski, Glendale, CA USA

> 187) Kathleen A Quiroz, Monitors, CA USA

> 188) Shari Young Kuchenbecker, Los Angeles, CA

> 189) Joan C. Heffner, Las Vegas, NV

> 190) Faye Duncan Daniel, Las Vegas, NV

> 191) Roger Duncan, CA

> 192) Larry Hambright, San Diego, CA, USA

> 193) Mary Jacobson, Escondido, CA,USA

> 194) Phil Burton Jr., Great Falls, MT. USA

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> 196) Sandra Castillo, Chicago, IL, USA

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> 198) Marion Mendelson, Venice, FL USA

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> 201) Heather Thompson, MA USA

> 202) Christine Gallagher, Haddonfield, NJ, USA

> 203) Kirsten Fullerton, Abington, PA USA

> 204) Kyle Samuels, Seattle, WA USA

> 205) Richard Kraus, Sydney, NSW Australia

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> 207) Nancy Kraus, Glen Allen, VA, USA

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> 209) Charles Staples, Richmond, VA USA

> 210) Marsha Summers, Richmond, VA USA

> 211) Sarah Spooner, New Orleans, LA USA

> 211) Zoya Craig, Westport, CT USA

> 212) Brittany Butler, New York, NY USA

> 213) Ivette Delgado, New Haven, CT USA

> 214) Sarah Lemagie, New Haven, CT USA

> 215) Kathy Simpson, Tacoma, WA USA

> 216) Aaron Key, Bellevue, WA USA

> 217) Molly Christensen, Tacoma, WA USA

> 218) Liz Nodolf, Auburn, WA USA

> 219) Brea Drennan, Auburn, WA USA

> 220) Carrie VanHaecke, Boulder, MT USA

> 221) Christina David, Boulder, MT USA

> 222) Laura Llewellyn, Boulder, MT USA

> 223) Brady Smith, Boulder, MT USA

> 224) Terry Lynn Minow, Boulder MT USA

> 225) Kay Unger, Missoula, MT USA

> 226) Janet Sunderland, Overland Park, KS USA

> 227) Amy Lewis, Santa Fe, NM USA

> 228) John West, Fbg, TX USA

> 229) Dyan L Roessler, Fbg, Tx, USA

> 230) Buck Tilford, Colorado Springs, CO, US of A

> 231) Martine Couture, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

> 232) Jeannie Graham, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

> 233) Alana Etherington, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

> 234) Christine Anderson, Alexandria, VA. USA

> 234) Dennis Smith, Alexandria, VA. USA

> 235) Laurence Neve, Alexandria. VA. USA

> 236) T R Wilcox, Victoria. Australia

> 237) Pauline Hewitt, Australia

> 238 Paul Hewitt, Australia

> 239) Chris Bagshaw, Derbyshire, UK

> 240) Avril Lancashire, Yorkshire, UK

> 241) Pat Moon, Lancashire, UK

> 242) Steve Moon, Lancashire,UK

> 243) Pam Roberts, Lancashire, UK

> 244) Les Wynne, Lancashire, UK

> 245) Annette Wynne. Lancashire, UK

> 246) Lawson Dicks, Lancashire, UK

> 247) Sheena Dicks, Lancashire, UK

> 248) Helena Dicks, Bristol, UK

> 249) Rachel Chen, London, UK

> 250) Eddie Pang, Hong Kong.

> 251) Christopher Tan, Singapore

> 252) Che-peng Man, HK

> 253) Hitan Shah , UK

> 254) Joshna Shah, Kenya

> 255) Hina Gudka, UK

> 256) Oscar Damen, Kenya

> 257) Frank Powell, Kenya

> 258) Susan Ross, Dhaka, Bangladesh

> 259) Muhammod Abdus Sabur, Dhaka, Bangladesh

> 260) Sona Sethi, Ottawa, Canada

> 261) James Pothirajulu, Bhopal, India

> 262) Tarun Kanojia, New Delhi, India

> 263) Sanjeev Sethi, NOIDA, India

> 264)Subrat Nayak, NOIDA,India

> 265)Abhay Kumar,Noida,India

> 266)Maneet Mathur,Noida,India

> 267)Himanshu Bansal,Chandigarh,India

> 268) Bharat Goel, Chandigarh,India

> 269)Manav Inder Singh Guram, Ludhiana, India

> 270) B.M.Lamba,Ludhiana,India

> 271) K.K.Grover,Rajpura,India

> 272) K.Chakraborty, Thane, India

> 273) Ashwin Nagar, Ahmedabad, India

> 274) James Antony, Cochin, India

> 275) Jasmin Jose,Cochin,India

> 276) Muktha Arun, Cochin, India

> 277) Lakshmi Rajesh,Calicut,India

> 278) Sindhu Joseph, Wayanad, India

> 279)Sheeba Ann George, Thodupuzha , India

> 280)Santhosh Kumar V,Bangalore,India

> 281)Unnikrishnan U, Kanhangad ,India

> 282)Shashank G , Udupi ,India

> 283)Venkata Subbarao Devisetti,Guntur,INDIA

> 284)Ganesh Nayak M, Mysore,INDIA

> 285)Suresh Nayak, Bangalore, India

> 286)Binu Chandran,Bangalore, India

> 1) COPY this email on to a New Message (instead of a

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> 2)Sign the bottom, and

> 3)Send it to everyone on your distribution lists.

> 4)If you receive this list with more than 300 names on

> it, please e-mail

> a copy of it to: sarabande

> Even if you decide not to sign, please be considerate

> and do not kill

> the petition. Elizabeth Gardner, SLP The John F.

> Kennedy Center for

> Human Development Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

> 37203 Voice mail:

> (615) 343-1725

>

>

>

> Regards,

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> /join

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>

>

>

> All paths go somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights,

perceptions, and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and

subside back into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not

different than the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the

nature of Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always

Present. It is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart

to be the Finality of Eternal Being. A true devotee relishes in the

Truth of Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within into It Self.

Welcome all to a.

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