permaculture

[Russ Grayson + Fiona Campbell <pacedge@magna.com.au>]

We received this email in Australia a few months ago. It appears to be just a 
chain
letter with no organisations name or identification attached to it. It 
apparently
clogged up the persons at the bottoms email.

We were advised not to respond to emails like this unless they were endorsed 
by a
particular organisation as an organised petition.

...Fiona

"Lawrence F. London, Jr." wrote:

> In a message dated 9/24/99 9:22:17 AM, ReminEarth writes:
>
> <<Subj:  Help for Women in Afghanistan
>
> <<   Women in Afghanistan
>
>     The government of Afghanistan is waging a war upon women. Since the
>     Taliban took power in 1996, women have had to wear burqua and have been
>     beaten and stoned in public for not having the proper attire, even if
>     this means simply not having the mesh covering in front of their eyes.
>
>     One woman was beaten to DEATH by an angry mob of fundamentalists for
>     accidentally exposing her arm while she was driving. Another was stoned
>     to death for trying to leave the country with a man that was not a
>     relative. Women are not allowed to work or even go out in public
>     without a male relative; professional women such as professors,
>     translators, doctors, lawyers, artists and writers have been forced from
>     their jobs and stuffed into their homes, so that depression is becoming
>     so widespread that it has reached emergency levels. There no way in
>     such an extreme Islamic society to know the suicide rate with certainty,
>     but relief workers are estimating that the suicide rate among women, who
>     cannot find proper medication and treatment for severe depression and
>     would rather take their lives than live in such conditions, has
>     increased significantly.
>
>     Homes where a woman is present must have their windows painted so that
>     she can never be seen by outsiders. They must wear silent shoes so that
>     they are never heard. Women live in fear of their lives for the
>     slightest misbehavior. Because they cannot work, those without male
>     relatives or husbands are either starving to death or begging on the
>     street, even if they hold Ph.D.'s. There are almost no medical
>     facilities available for women, and relief workers, in protest, have
>     mostly left the country, taking medicine and psychologists and other
>     things necessary to treat the skyrocketing level of depression among
>     women. At one of the rare hospitals for women, a reporter found still,
>     nearly lifeless bodies lying motionless on top of beds, wrapped in their
>     burqua, unwilling to speak, eat, or do anything, but slowly wasting 
> away.
>     Others have gone mad and were seen crouched in corners, perpetually
>     rocking or crying, most of them in fear. One doctor is considering,
>     when what little medication that is left finally runs out, leaving these
>     women in front of the president's residence as a form of peaceful
>     protest. It is at the point where the term 'human rights violations'
>     has become an understatement. Husbands have the power of life and death
>     over their women relatives, especially their wives, but an angry mob has
>     just as much right to stone or beat a woman, often to death, for
>     exposing an inch of flesh or offending them in the slightest way. Women
>     enjoyed relative freedom, to work, dress generally as they wanted, and
>     drive and appear in public alone until only 1996. The rapidity of this
>     transition is the main reason for the depression and suicide; women who
>     were once educators or doctors or simply used to basic human freedoms
>     are now severely restricted and treated as subhuman in the name of
>     right-wing fundamentalist Islam. It is not their tradition or 'culture,'
>     but is alien to them, and it is extreme even for those cultures where
>     fundamentalism is the rule.
>
>     Everyone has a right to a tolerable human existence, even if they are
>     women in a Muslim country. If we can threaten military force in Kosovo
>     in the name of human rights for the sake of ethnic Albanians, citizens
>     of the world can certainly express peaceful outrage at the oppression,
>     murder and injustice committed against women by the Taliban.
>
>     STATEMENT: In signing this, we agree that the current treatment of women
>     in Afghanistan is completely UNACCEPTABLE and deserves support and
>     action by the United Nations and that the current situation overseas
>     will not be tolerated. Women's Rights is not a small issue anywhere and
>     it is UNACCEPTABLE for women in 1999 to be treated as subhuman and so
>     much as property. Equality and human decency is a RIGHT not a freedom,
>     whether one lives in Afghanistan or elsewhere.
>
>     1) Suzanne Dathe, Grenoble, France
>     2) Laurence COMPARAT, Grenoble, France
>     3) Philippe MOTTE, Grenoble, France
>     4) Jok FERRAND, Mont St Martin, France
>     5) Emmanuelle PIGNOL, St Martin d'Heres, FRANCE
>     6) Marie GAUTHIER, Grenoble, FRANCE
>     7) Laurent VESCALO, Grenoble, FRANCE
>     8) Mathieu MOY, St Egreve, FRANCE
>     9) Bernard BLANCHET, Mont St Martin, FRANCE
>     10) Tassadite FAVRIE, Grenoble, FRANCE
>     11) Loic GODARD, St Ismier, FRANCE
>     12) Benedicte PASCAL, Grenoble, FRANCE
>     13) Khedaidja BENATIA, Grenoble, FRANCE
>     14) Marie-Therese LLORET, Grenoble,FRANCE
>     15) Benoit THEAU, Poitiers, FRANCE
>     16) Bruno CONSTANTIN, Poitiers, FRANCE
>     17) Christian COGNARD, Poitiers, FRANCE
>     18) Robert GARDETTE, Paris, FRANCE
>     19) Claude CHEVILLARD, Montpellier, FRANCE
>     20) gilles FREISS, Montpellier, FRANCE
>     21) Patrick AUGEREAU, Montpellier, FRANCE.
>     22) Jean IMBERT, Marseille, FRANCE
>     23) pelling MURAT, Toulouse, France
>     24) Anna BASSOLS, Barcelona, Spain
>     25) Mireia DUNACH, Barcelona, Spain
>     26) Michel VILLAZ, Grenoble, France
>     27) Pages Frederique, Dijon, France
>     28) Rodolphe FISCHMEISTER, Chatenay-Malabry, France
>     29) Francois BOUTEAU, Paris, France
>     30) Patrick PETER, Paris, France
>     31) Lorenza RADICI, Paris, France
>     32) Monika Siegenthaler, Bern, Switzerland
>     33) Mark Philp, Glasgow, Scotland
>     34) Tomas Andersson, Stockholm, Sweden
>     35) Jonas Eriksson, Stockholm, Sweden
>     36) Karin Eriksson, Stockholm, Sweden
>     37) Ake Ljung, Stockholm, Sweden
>     38) Carina Sedlmayer, Stockholm, Sweden
>     39) Rebecca Uddman, Stockholm, Sweden
>     40) Lena Skog, Stockholm, Sweden
>     41) Micael Folke, Stockholm, Sweden
>     42) Britt-Marie Folke, Stockholm, Sweden
>     43) Birgitta Schuberth, Stockholm, Sweden
>     44) Lena Dahl, Stockholm, Sweden
>     45) Ebba Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
>     46) Jessica Carlsson, Vaxjo, Sweden
>     47) Sara Blomquist, Vaxjo, Sweden
>     48) Magdalena Fosseus, Vaxjo, Sweden
>     49) Charlotta Langner, Goteborg, Sweden
>     50) Andrea Egedal, Goteborg, Sweden
>     51) Lena Persson, Stockholm, Sweden
>     52) Magnus Linder, Umea ,Sweden
>     53) Petra Olofsson, Umea, Sweden
>     54) Caroline Evenbom, Vaxjo, Sweden
>     55) Asa Pettersson, Grimsas, Sweden
>     56) Jessica Bjork, Grimsas, Sweden
>     57) Linda Ahlbom Goteborg, Sweden
>     58) Jenny Forsman, Boras, Sweden
>     59) Nina Gunnarson, Kinna, Sweden
>     60) Andrew Harrison, New Zealand
>     61) Bryre Murphy, New Zealand
>     62) Claire Lugton, New Zealand
>     63) Sarah Thornton, New Zealand
>     64) Rachel Eade, New Zealand
>     65) Magnus Hjert, London, UK
>     67) Madeleine Stamvik, Hurley, UK
>     68) Susanne Nowlan, Vermont, USA
>     69) Lotta Svenby, Malmoe, Sweden
>     70) Adina Giselsson, Malmoe, Sweden
>     71) Anders Kullman, Stockholm, Sweden
>     72) Rebecka Swane, Stockholm,Sweden
>     73) Jens Venge, Stockholm, Sweden
>     74) Catharina Ekdahl, Stockholm, Sweden
>     75) Nina Fylkegard, Stockholm, Sweden
>     76) Therese Stedman, Malmoe, Sweden
>     77) Jannica Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
>     78) Douglas Bratt
>     79) Mats Lofstrom, Stockholm, Sweden
>     80) Li Lindstrom, Sweden
>     81) Ursula Mueller, Sweden
>     82) Marianne Komstadius, Stockholm, Sweden
>     83) Peter Thyselius, Stockholm, Sweden
>     84) Gonzalo Oviedo, Quito, Ecuador
>     85) Amalia Romeo, Gland, Switzerland
>     86) Margarita Restrepo, Gland, Switzerland
>     87) Eliane Ruster, Crans p.C., Switzerland
>     88) Jennifer Bischoff-Elder, Hong Kong
>     89)Azita Lashgari, Beirut, Lebanon
>     90)Khashayar Ostovany, New York, USA
>     91)Lisa L Miller, Reno NV
>     92)Danielle Avazian, Los Angeles, CA
>     93) Sara Risher, Los Angeles, Ca.
>     94) Melanie London, New York, NY
>     95) Susan Brownstein, Los Angeles, CA
>     96) Steven Raspa, San Francisco, CA
>     97) Margot Duane, Ross, CA
>     98) Natasha Darnall, Los Angeles, CA
>     99) Candace Brower, Evanston, IL
>     100) James Kjelland, Evanston, IL
>     101) Michael Jampole, Beach Park, IL, USA
>     102) Diane Willis, Wilmette, IL, USA
>     103) Sharri Russell, Roanoke, VA, USA
>     104) Faye Cooley, Roanoke, VA, USA
>     105) Celeste Thompson, Round Rock, TX, USA
>     106) Sherry Stang, Pflugerville, TX, USA
>     107) Amy J. Singer, Pflugerville, TX USA
>     108) Milissa Bowen, Austin, TX USA
>     109) Michelle Jozwiak, Brenham, TX USA
>     110) Mary Orsted, College Station, TX USA
>     111) Janet Gardner, Dallas, TX USA
>     112) Marilyn Hollingsworth, Dallas, TX USA
>     113) Nancy Shamblin, Garland. TX USA
>     114) K. M. Mullen, Houston, TX - USA
>     115) Noreen Tolman, Houston, Texas - USA
>     116) Judy Bechtel, Merced, CA - USA
>     117) Delores Iliff, FL, USA
>     118) Nicole Propper, FL, USA
>     119) Bonnie LaChance, FL, USA
>     120) JoAnn Blades, FL, USA
>     121) Pam Blades, FL, USA
>     122) Louise Campbell, FL, USA
>     123) Marcy DeSanto, FL, USA
>     124) Donald Blades, FL,USA
>     125) Tom LaChance, FL, USA
>     126) Craig Huff, GA, USA
>     127) Karen Huff, FL, USA
>     128) Paul Jarrell, Wadsworth, OH - USA
>     129) Ian Austin, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
>     130) Germaine Maxwell, POS, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
>     131) Phyllis Serrao, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
>     132) Max Serrao, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
>     133) Lynn Waldron. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
>     134) Cheri Alves-Branker, British Columbia, CANADA
>     135) Lori Underwood, British Columbia, Canada
>     136) Monique Gallant, British Columbia, Canada
>     137) Shannon Robertson, British Columbia, Canada
>     138) Maria Duran, British Columbia, Canada
>     139) Esther Essinger, California, USA
>     140) David Joel Rippner, California, USA
>     141) Susan Donald, SOUTH AFRICA
>     142) Thea Rhiannon, Portland, Oregon, USA
>     143) Kathleen Moneymaker, Portland, Oregon, USA
>     144) Jasmin Moneymaker, Olympia, Washington, USA
>     145) James E. Vegher, Portland, Oregon, USA
>     146) John W. Grigsby, MD, Portland, Oregon, USA
>     147) Elizabeth MacDonell, Portland, Oregon, USA
>     148) Lisa Domenico, Portland, Oregon, USA
>     149) Jenny Stern-Carusone, Portland, Oregon, USA
>     150) Jud Stern-Carusone, Portland, Oregon, USA
>     151) Marcia Walsh, Lakeport, California, USA
>     152) Catherine L. Kendall, Kings Beach California,USA
>     153) William F. Griffin, Kings Beach,California,USA
>     154) Kit Hixon, Concord, MA, USA
>     155) Margaret Hixon, Concord, MA, USA
>     156) Tafi Cole, Houston, TX, USA
>     157) Connie Anderson, Houston, TX, USA
>     158) Yvette Crosby, Houston, TX USA
>     159) Kimberley Markley, Tanzania Africa
>     160) Laura De La Garza, Austin, TX  USA
>     161) Mary Lehmann, Austin TX USA
>     162) Eduardo Suárez, NYC, USA
>     163) Sally Roesch Wagner, Fayetteville, NY USA
>     164) Elayne Clift, Saxtons River, VT USA
>     165) Deborah C. Fort, Washington, DC USA
>     166) Wynette Kimbrel
>     167) Doug Sinning, Oviedo, FL USA
>     168) Victor Zeno, Oviedo, FL  USA
>     169) Sharon Skellie, Lawrenceville, GA USA
>     170) Cheryl Hedgespeth, Colorado Springs, CO USA
>     171) Annette Storesund, Des  Moines IA  USA
>     172) Rose Lunn            ,Philadelphia, PA USA
>     173) Janice Collins  , Philadelphia, PA. USA
>     174) Nancy Felix, Texas, USA
>     175) Paula Purdy, Texas, USA
>     176) Julie San Miguel, Texas, USA
>     177) Jeana Savage, Texas, USA
>     178) Toni Bartz, Texas, USA
>     179) Lavada Savage, Bonn, Germany
>     180) Julie Burger, Texas, USA
>     181) Deborah S. Cody, USA
>     182) Robert E. Reeves, USA
>     183) Kathrin Woodlyn Bateman
>     184) Dan Hemenway, Florida, USA
>     185) Lawrence F. London, Jr., North Carolina, USA
>
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