CNN (for what it's worth) just reported that A 9-year-old was among the 21
people arrested so far and that police have recovered bombs from the arson
sites, which suggests something more than kidstuff and closer to terrorism,
assuming it's true--the media everywhere being equally dubious, as far as
I'm concerned--Candice
on 1/2/02 3:12 PM, schwartzgk at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Here in the U.S....at each point where the Olympic torch is "re-layed",
> events titled "I SAW THE FLAME" are hosted (sponsored) by Coca-Cola and
> Chevrolet.
>
> News "sources" here are reporting that the fires were started (and are being
> started) by 9 to 13 year old boys.
>
> Gerald
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Candice Ward" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 12:03 PM
> Subject: Re: Happy New Year/ Oz burns
>
>
>> on 1/2/02 11:15 AM, Douglas Barbour at [log in to unmask] wrote:
>>
>>> The news in Canada has been running the story for days now, & last night
> as
>>> the fires approached northern Sydney suburbs I recognized places where
>>> friends live, or what's very nearby. And I hear they are close to the
>>> Hunter Valley too. You've said no one has been killed yet, so we can
> only
>>> all hope that will remain true. Originally it seems that the fires were
>>> mostly to the south of Sydney, but now I'm wondering if they have moved
>>> into the Hawkesbury River area, where a good friend lives...
>>
>> Thank you, Doug, for this update, with more details than my accessible
> news
>> channels have provided and more too than Australian listees have posted
> thus
>> far.
>>
>> Viv & Jill: are you back in Sydney yet and/or resubbed to Petc? And don't
> we
>> have any other listees on the spot?
>>
>> Alison: "terrorism" is hardly a "non-word," having a venerable history
> that
>> goes back (at least) to the French Revolution. I find its attempted
>> repression by fiat/declaration of a bogus non-ness chilling, or I would
> were
>> it not simply silly.
>>
>> Martin: thanks for the reminder of the Twin Peaks line ("Fire, walk with
>> me"), which has a history I can't recall now myself, but suspect that JK
>> could fill us in on if he's back(?). Another line I've always loved is
>> Pound's "Audiadr, remember this fire!"
>>
>> To which I'll add: remember this terror!
>>
>> Candice
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