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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Madrid, Spain, and the World

2004-03-12 by Jim Goshorn

On Mar 12, 2004, at 12:09 PM, Editor P.O.V. Image Service wrote:

> I don't see how an expression of sympathy for over 120 dead innocents 
> is
> political.. anymore than were the many expressions of sympathy for 
> Jerry
> Olson's passage.
>
> This is not about politics at all.. it is about simple compassion and
> humanity.
>
> I pity those who cannot feel for others so needlessly and senselessly 
> in
> pain.

I see no problem in posting a sympathetic statement. The problem begins 
when you get persons who must turn a statement into a political 
condemnation. I felt sadness for all the families who lost loved ones 
and anger for the senseless act.

Jim

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