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Tony Knox <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 23 Oct 2001 10:35:20 +0100
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Hatred?

I think not. I refer to murder at WTC - hardly supportive of terrorism - 
even if I agreed with bin Laden's message I could never support such 
means.
The gist was that I fear for children who rely on BF in war zones [be 
they Israeli, Buddhist, Moslem or Martian]. The post is related to 
problems that mothers may have with milk diminishing - if this was [and 
it would be expected] a problem in USA one must ponder on the effects on 
an oppressed people who have little access to world news although they 
are now in the front line.
As a British writer I would of course comment that concentration camps 
were a British innovation from the Boer War [not a source of pride] and
that such camps can be said to exist where refugees are packed in tight 
in minimal space and with intolerable mortality rates. As such they 
exist globally. The holocaust was the most extreme manifestation of the 
same [and encompassed trade unionists / homosexuals / gipsies / ethnic 
minorities / disabled / mentally ill etc as well as the majority Jewish 
victims]
I feel I concur with others who feel we should feed the mothers - but 
the aid agencies are adamant we are failing to do this. Indeed they 
state we are indulging in a cynical public relations exercise.
Political posting? Yes - just from a different view from all the *other* 
recent political posts.

Personal perspective - it would have been preferable to put in 
specialist troops to destroy Al Qaeda / bin Laden and the other 
fundamentalists without the bombing.
I just feel that terrorism wherever it arises is unacceptable and that 
there is no nation which has *not* been guilty at some stage. If the War 
of Independence had been lost then Washinton would have been hung for 
terrorism....

I apologise for any offence - but read what is there as well as what you 
see...... We are all guilty. I would also point out I have had letters 
of agreement too from Lactnet.

Mandela was a terrorist, Begin was a terrorist, Putin and Zemin have 
poor human rights records, Indonesia is in contravention of UN 
requirements - yet all their states are members of the coalition. All I 
am saying is 'give peace a chance' and let us contextualise our global 
response. The Politics of Breastfeeding is at stake.

Sarcasm - hmmm, yes I apologise for the last sentence - but what I 
wished to convey was that none of us is in a position to throw the first 
stone [as we should be turning the other cheek]. Also remember  that 
today's terrorist is often tomorrow's head of state [but hopefully not 
in this instance].

Perhaps it would be preferable to reply to me off list if you wish to 
rant or comment - I am happy to have a reasoned discussion. But having 
made my BF point I will no longer use Lactnet for this topic.

Still in peace
Tony Knox

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