From: Dan Glover (daneglover@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Jan 07 2005 - 19:44:48 GMT
Hello everyone
>From: "Mark Steven Heyman" <markheyman@infoproconsulting.com>
>Reply-To: moq_discuss@moq.org
>To: moq_discuss@moq.org
>Subject: Re: MD Tsunami Disaster
>Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 06:29:43 -0800
>
>Hi Ant, Sam, Dan...
>
>I appreciate the thought and spirit behind Dan and Ant's offer, but
>Sam makes a great point. I was tempted to say the same, but didn't
>because I didn't want to appear to be downsizing Dan and Ant's
>generosity, which I certainly am not.
>
>Since Sam has spoken up I feel obligated to support him. The
>outpouring of sympathy and support for the tsunami victims has been
>wonderful, but their plight is primarily due to unpreventable natural
>disaster. The ongoing deaths from preventable disease and
>malnutrition, not just in Africa but the world over, and most
>inexecusably in the richest countries, amount to just about a tsunami
>a day. We can donate money to ameliorate these problems; but, just
>as important, we can work to change government/business policies that
> contribute to these preventable disasters in the first place.
>
Hi guys, Sam, Platt, Mark, and all,
If I ever get down on my luck and need a helping hand to get back up, at
least I know where not to turn, right? Of course, I've always known that.
Many years ago I found myself traveling on foot through northern California.
It was rainy and cold and I was ill-prepared. Having run out of cash and
having not eaten for two days, I stopped at a Catholic church sitting hard
by the ocean in a little town called Mendicino, hoping for a meal and
perhaps a place to sleep for the night. The only person at the church was an
old custodian. After telling him my story, he welcomed me inside and gave me
what must have been his lunch. I still remember what it was--a tuna
sandwich. It was very good and the church was warm and dry. Not long after,
a priest arrived. He seemed quite shocked to see me sitting there eating a
sandwich and, after giving the custodian a dirty look, promptly showed me
the door. I found my sanctuary for the night in an abandoned house down the
street. Having no blanket, I still find it amazing how just a tuna sandwich
in the belly can keep a person warm. That's a true story.
Anyway, I cannot save the world, I'll leave that to you guys. But my offer
still stands.
Dan
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