Liebe Leute.
Heute haben wir eine Kettenmail bekommen, die (gesetzt den Fall es stimmt, kommt mir aber glaubhaft vor) das Rad der Geschichte zurückdrehen könnte. Aber lest selbst:
> Dear colleagues and friends,
>
> Please take a few minutes to read and act on this email.
>
> On May 23rd 2001 the Taleban authorities in Afghanistan confirmed
> that all Hindus will be required to wear a strip of yellow cloth
> sewn onto a shirt pocket in order to identify themselves. They
> claim that the measure is for their „protection“. The world has faced
> this before, in 1939 the world was required, at great cost,
> to rid itself of Hitler’s tyranny, it is not hard to spot his child.
> Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to relive it.
>
> The Taleban’s record on respecting other religions gives great
> cause for concern that their ultimate aim, upon which they are
> intent, is „religious cleansing“. They have already
> demonstrated their distain and intolerance for other religions and
> traditions by the desecration and destruction of the ancient Buddhist
> statues, our collective heritage, within the Afghanistan.
> Whatever your religion, or even if you have none, we hope that
> you will agree that this fundamentally wrong. Remember,
> „All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing“.
> Please do not do nothing, add your voice.
>
> DIRECTIONS:
> PLEASE COPY this email on to a new message,
> add your name and those of your household who wish to
> participate to the bottom and forward it to everyone on your
> distribution list. If you receive this petition and you find that you
> will be the 251st name on it, please e-mail a copy of it to:
> [email protected] . It will then be
> forwarded to the UN.
>
>
> Even if you decide not to sign, please be considerate and do not kill
> the petition as you will be denying your friends, and theirs,
> their legitimate voice. Instead return it to [email protected]
>
>
> To The Secretary General, Security
> Council and General Assembly of the United Nations.
>
> We the undersigned are appalled by the decision of the Taleban
> government of Afghanistan to require all Hindus to wear a piece
> of yellow cloth sewn onto a shirt pocket in order to identify
> themselves. An individual’s communion with God, however
> they find him, is a matter of personal conscience and must not be
> the subject of intimidation or persecution. The right of
> everyone to worship as they wish is fundamental and inalienable. The
> United Nations was founded in order to defeat Hitler and his
> henchmen who required the same from another religion with all
> it’s horrific consequences. It is completely unacceptable that
> nearly 60 years later history is repeating itself. We ask the following:
>
> 1. That the Taleban government is made aware in the strongest
> possible terms that the world will not countenance this
> perversion of human rights.
>
> 2. That prior to the United Nations and/or it’s constituent members
> granting recognition of the Taleban government this
> obscene policy is reversed.
>
> 3. That the United Nations widen the terms of the trade sanctions
> currently in force.
>
> 1. Alastair Mitton - London UK
> 2. Robert Mitton - London UK
> 3. Paulette Budd - London UK
> 4. Andrew Peake - London UK
> 5. Pippa Howell - London UK
> 6. Cecile Kusters - Arnhem, the Netherlands
> 7. Sarah Malpas - London UK
> 8. Susan Donnelly - Newcastle UK
> 9. Paul Donnelly - London UK
> 10. Pauline Bartholomew - London UK
> 11. Is0bel McMillan London UK
> 12. Fiona Adamson
> 13. Minka Emina Kulenovic La Jolla, US
> 14. Cath Dolan, London, England
> 15. Liz Murphy, Murcia, Spain
> 16. William M. Rueter, Wisconsin, US
> 17. Jaclyn A. Knapper, Tennessee, US
> 18. Louise Morris, Tennessee, US
> 19. Joe Stoud, Matsuyama, Japan
> 20. Keiko Stroud, Matsuyama, Japan
> 21. Larry Asher, Nepal
> 22. Phyl Asher, Nepal
> 23. Reiny de Wit, Nepal
> 24. Helen Johnston, Nepal
> 25. Isaac Thompson, Northern Ireland
> 26. Anne Thompson, Northern Ireland
> 27. Paul Carter, Vancouver, Canada
> 28. Lois Carter, Vancouver, Canada
> 29. Bronwyn Short, Vancouver, Canada
> 30. David Short, Vancouver, Canada
> 31. Mark Calder, Sydney, Australia
> 32. Graham Wintle, Surbiton, UK
> 33. Geoff Chivers, Surbiton, UK
> 34. Derek Nathan New Malden UK
> 35. Mary Nathan New Malden UK
> 36 Rosalind Preston, London UK
> 37 Marlena Schmool, UK
> 38 Ephraim Borowski, Glasgow, UK
> 39. Ruth Warrens, London, UK
> 40. Anthony Warrens, London, UK
> 41. Ian Goodman, London, UK
> 42. Liz Lightstone, London, UK
> 43 Elizabeth Simpson, London UK
> 44. Dimitris Kioussis
> 45. John_Griffin
> 46. Hermann Bujard, Heidelberg, Germany
> 47. Regine Bujard, Heidelberg, Germany
> 48. Konrad Beyreuther, Heidelberg, Germany
> 49. Ursula Beyreuther, Heidelberg, Germany
> 50. Horst Simon, Heidelberg, Germany
> 51. Michael Brand, Dresden
> 52. Dorothea Brand, Dresden
> 53. Christoph Lorra, Dresden
> 54. Martin Stocker, London, UK
> 55. Walter Stühmer, Göttingen, Germany
> 56. Michael Hans, Bonn, Germany
> 57. Charles J. Cohen, Poway, CA, USA
> 58. Diane J. Plotkin, Poway, CA, USA
> 59. Michele Mercuri, Scotch Plains, NJ, USA
> 60. Coen Hemker, Maastricht, The Netherlands
> 61. Wolfgang Korte, St., Gallen, Switzerland
> 62. Jacob de Haan, Marburg, Germany
> 63. Thomas Zeiler, Germany
> 64. Anna Streitmatter, Germany
> 65. Neslisah Terzioglu, Germany
> 66. Christl Reith, Germany
> 67. Marie Leuthold, Germany
> 68. Christian Leuthold, Germany