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[Powderworks] NMOC: Sad commentary about society

Mason Branham Mason Branham" <robomace@earthlink.net
Sun, 16 Sep 2001 23:41:43 -0700


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That is amazing.  I live in an area most people would consider bad.  =
There are lots of immigrants (99 percent Mexican), and the reaction here =
has been very controlled.  Nobody wants to get the Muslims or anything =
like that.  A lot of people have flags out to show their support to =
those who died, and to the military men who will soon be called upon to =
put their lives on the line.

I was a high school baseball coach for from '97 to 2000 and a lot of my =
players are now in the military, most in the marines.  I figure someone =
I know is going to die in the upcoming war.  I hope not, but the odds =
say that it will happen.  I should also say I have had a kid play for me =
who is a Muslim and his family was Turkish.  He was, and still is, a =
great kid.

I am not a pacifist.  I believe that sometimes a nation has to do =
horrible things in order to ensure the blessings of liberty for its =
people. =20

This isn't a war against a religion or race of people.  It is sad that =
we have people in this country who are so stupid to think that.  I think =
those people are just looking for any excuse to do harm to other human =
beings.  It doesn't matter what the cause.  Someone who goes around and =
kills someone because of their religion or the color of their skin, =
especially if they are a fellow citizen, is not a patriot, they are an =
animal... and that person should caged up.

I know my thoughts here are a bit scattered, but I just wanted to say my =
piece. =20

Mace
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Talisyn@aol.com=20
  To: benzer@mail.mc.maricopa.edu ; powderworks@cs.colorado.edu=20
  Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 10:07 PM
  Subject: Re: [Powderworks] NMOC: Sad commentary about society



  It's stories like these that keep me from going to sleep at all...but =
they need to be told. I am feeling very disenfranchised from my fellow =
'patriots' at the moment. Part of it may be living in Texas...these =
cowboys, waving flags and guns and lighting candles. Asking their God to =
bless them in seeking to unleash more violence on the world... They =
should be trying to learn, to listen, to understand.  "Put down that =
weapon, or we'll all be gone"=20



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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>That is amazing.&nbsp; I live in an =
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people would consider bad.&nbsp; There are lots of immigrants (99 =
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wants to=20
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out to=20
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called upon to put their lives on the line.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I was a high school baseball coach for =
from '97 to=20
2000 and a lot of my players are now in the military, most in the =
marines.&nbsp;=20
I figure someone I know is going to die in the upcoming war.&nbsp; I =
hope not,=20
but the odds say that it will happen.&nbsp; I should also say I have had =
a kid=20
play for me who is a Muslim and his family was Turkish.&nbsp; He was, =
and still=20
is, a great kid.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am not a pacifist.&nbsp; I believe =
that sometimes=20
a nation has to do horrible things in order to ensure the blessings of =
liberty=20
for its people.&nbsp; </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This isn't a war against a religion or =
race of=20
people.&nbsp; It is sad that we have people in this country who are so =
stupid to=20
think that.&nbsp; I think those people are just looking for any excuse =
to do=20
harm to other human beings.&nbsp; It doesn't matter what the =
cause.&nbsp;=20
Someone who goes around and kills someone because of their religion or =
the color=20
of their skin, especially if they are&nbsp;a fellow citizen,&nbsp;is not =
a=20
patriot, they are an animal... and that person should caged =
up.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I know my thoughts here are a bit =
scattered, but I=20
just wanted to say my piece.&nbsp; </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mace</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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  <A title=3DTalisyn@aol.com =
href=3D"mailto:Talisyn@aol.com">Talisyn@aol.com</A>=20
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Dbenzer@mail.mc.maricopa.edu=20
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href=3D"mailto:benzer@mail.mc.maricopa.edu">benzer@mail.mc.maricopa.edu</=
A> ; <A=20
  title=3Dpowderworks@cs.colorado.edu=20
  =
href=3D"mailto:powderworks@cs.colorado.edu">powderworks@cs.colorado.edu</=
A>=20
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 16, =
2001 10:07=20
  PM</DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Powderworks] =
NMOC: Sad=20
  commentary about society</DIV>
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these that=20
  keep me from going to sleep at all...but they need to be told. I am =
feeling=20
  very disenfranchised from my fellow 'patriots' at the moment. Part of =
it may=20
  be living in Texas...these cowboys, waving flags and guns and lighting =

  candles. Asking their God to bless them in seeking to unleash more =
violence on=20
  the world... They should be trying to learn, to listen, to understand. =

  &nbsp;"Put down that weapon, or we'll all be gone"=20
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