Re: BioC: FW: IMAGINE THIS:

[Umar Said <umar@webindonesia.com>]

It this anything to do with "bio conversion?" 
Now, what if you substituted the West Bank for America, the
Palestinian for the black and the Israelis for the white. Are you
still outraged? Good. History repeates itself in different times and
places. Be cool.   

shuster wrote:
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gill Gover [mailto:gover@zol.co.zw]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 9:47 AM
> To: Bob & Colleen
> Cc: Colin; Sarah Shoesmith; Martin van Rensberg; Alan Wells; Ed Cooper;
> Grahamandsyl@aol.com; jonruss60@hotmail.com; Maria & Ashley de Beer;
> pedro & leanne; Penny le Roux; Tina Wallman; Alan Wallman; Geoff &
> Cathrina
> Subject: Fw: IMAGINE THIS:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> Subject: Fw: IMAGINE THIS:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > >
>  Imagine that one day an unpopular American President decides  that all
>  his woes are the fault of black Americans. Using all the resources at  his
>  disposal (press, police, army, party followers, US treasury resources,
>  supportive neighbouring countries) this President declares that
>  African-Americans should "Go back to Africa".
> > > >
> Using spurious judges and legislators, he makes black  Americans
> non-citizens unless they can renounce any vague claim they might have
>  to citizenship of a country in Africa in which their parents or even
>  grandparents were born; without this, they lose American citizenship.
> > > >
>  Next he declares their businesses illegal and gives them 90  days toclose
>  down and leave.
> > > >
> After the 90 day period, and in spite of numerous court cases  proving
> the President's case illegal, he sends in the army, police and mobs of
> drunk, drugged, illiterate white Americans to force the black Americans out
> of their homes. They are forced to close their businesses, to pay
> compensation to  their workers (who are now all out of jobs), and to hand
> over the keys and title  deeds of their homes and businesses either to mobs
> of axe-wielding, drunken,  illiterate white youth or to senior white civil
> servants, policemen or army  commanders, and even to the American First
> Lady. If these black Americans refuse  to go, they are arrested and locked
> up in filthy overcrowded cells awaiting  their "court cases". Can you
> imagine the uproar around the world?
> > > >
>  Now substitute "Zimbabwe" for "America" and exchange "black"  and
>  "white", and you will understand exactly what is happening in Zimbabwe,
> right now.
> > > >
> Are you still outraged? Good.
> > > >
> Then forward this to your representative in your country's  government,
> and to anyone you know anywhere in the world who might feel the same  way
> you do.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> 
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