Hmmm. Who was responsible for the outbreak of people killing people in the streets?
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From: "Sheryl L. Wilhite" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 04/16/03 05:38 PM
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Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] politics
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> As the girlfriend of an active-duty Air Force Captain, I can tell you that
the military went to pains to identify historic and cultural monuments in
Iraq and specify that they should be spared--even if it put our guys &
gals
in harm's way--from military attack. Yes, it is tragic that there aren't
enough military personnel over there to prevent the Iraqi people from
destroying their own cultural heritage--but why do we decide that it
should
be a higher military priority to stand guard over books and art than to
keep people from killing each other in the streets? It's disturbing to
realize that my colleagues might choose saving a book over saving a life.
Forget the Op-Ed pieces and calls to the White House--let's send a legion
of librarians over there to help guard culture. If nothing else, we can
argue looters to death as they try to make off with treasures.
Sheryl
my own opinion
At 01:58 PM 4/16/03 -0700, Billie Hackney wrote:
>There has been a devastating cultural tragedy that directly relates to
>our profession. We are being told by some that it's okay to discuss it,
>and to talk about how to address it -- as long as we don't talk about
>who caused it. Which is business as usual in America today, but moving
>right along.
>
>I'm interested in hearing what my fellow professionals have to say
>about this issue. There haven't been so many messages that people
>should be threatening to unsub; the traffic hasn't been bad at all. I
>suspect some people are threatening to unsub because of the content, not
>the volume.
>
>Billie Hackney
>speaking totally for myself and not my institution
>
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