<!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 4:36 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: some thoughts on = the attacks</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Carl Meyer wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">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><FONT size=-1>Assurances will not placate them</FONT></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>To assure = to make sure that, not to reassure.  So you = think that we should continue to maintain the alliance between greedy U.S. = companies and corrupt rulers in Indonesia, China, Saudi Arabia, Latin America, = Africa, etc., so that women and children are forced to work 70 hour weeks in = dangerous conditions for pennies per hour?  That we should provide these = rulers with sufficient arms to prevent their people from rising out of oppression?  That this has nothing to do with their sentiments = toward America? <P>The Palestinians want to push the Israelis into the sea and the = Israelis want to push the Palestinians into the sea.  Which side is succeeding?  Which side are we helping to make the other = disappear?  You think their resentment is due to jealousy? <P>Paul <P>  <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gosh, Paul, my short term memory must = be getting worse.  I just don't remember making any of those claims.</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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>