<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=larudee@pacbell.net href="mailto:larudee@pacbell.net">larudee@pacbell.net</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 15, = 2001 11:35 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: some thoughts on = the attacks</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><A = href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM">Wimblees@AOL.COM</A> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT = size=-1>what, if anything, would satisfy bin Laden.</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>We = should not even attempt to satisfy Bin Laden.  We should make him unable to = find recruits by assuring that U.S. foreign policy is not the cause of = despair for billions of people. <P>Paul Larudee <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>But, Paul, if your solution is applied = and fails with more and more recruits arriving perhaps the real cause of the = problem will be seen.</FONT> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Assurances will not placate them when = the real problem is jealousy.  They are jealous of our success, way of = life and standard of living.  As is common, jealousy attempts to destroy = that which it is jealous of rather than making the effort to emulate the = success etc.  </FONT> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>So, if terrorism continues, what do you = propose to counteract it?  Should we then lower our standard of living etc. = to their level just to keep the peace?  Sorry, I pass.</FONT> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>  <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl Meyer  Assoc. PTG<BR>Santa = Clara, California<BR><A = href="mailto:cmpiano@home.com">cmpiano@home.com</A>  </FONT> <P>  <P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>  <P><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>  <P><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT> </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>