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----- Original Message ----- From: millie olcay <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 4:49 PM Subject: Fwd: Paralympics petition > > > > >>>> > >>>> > This speaks for itself. > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > As I was travelling to work on the ferry this morning I > >>>> > noticed that overnight workmen had begun to remove some of the > >>>> > Olympic rings. As you all know, the Paralympics are now only 2 weeks > >>>>away, > >>>> > yet Mr Knight has decided to slap the athletes of the world in the > >>>>face by > >>>> > removing this great unifying symbol! > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > I am very angry. > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > The paralympians deserve our respect and our support equally > >>>> > as much as their able bodied counterparts. Indeed most of them > >>>> > have had to surmount far greater obstacles to reach the pinnacle of > >>>>their > >>>> > sport than most of us will ever face. > >>>> > > >>>> > Just imagine that you had not only spent considerable time overcoming > >>>> > a physical or mental disability, but then years training so that you > >>>> > could compete in front of your home crowds. Then imagine you had > >>>>witnessed > >>>> > the last two weeks of the Olympics and felt the huge generosity of > >>>>spirit > >>>> > that overcame us all - you'd be so inspired at the thought of what > >>>>lay > >>>> > ahead, wouldn't you? Then imagine that > >>>> > with a fortnight to go you saw the symbol that had burned brightly on > >>>>the > >>>> > bridge torn down, the symbol for which you have been spending our > >>>> > soul in training every day, the symbol that is meant to overcome the > >>>> > barriers of race, religion, sex and disability. How would you feel? > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > The wet weather that has spread across the city will mean that > >>>> > no more can be done until the heavens clear. Accordingly, given that > >>>>email > >>>> > can spread like the wildfire that has surrounded Sydney over the > >>>> > past few days, can you please place your name on the petition below > >>>>and > >>>>send > >>>> > it on to those you think may do likewise (hell, forward it to those > >>>>who > >>>> > won't - it will only take them 10 seconds to press delete and get on > >>>>with > >>>> > their day). > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > If you are the 20th / 40th / 60th etc person on the petition, please > >>>> > also forward it back to me ([log in to unmask]). I will > >>>> > be contacting the media through some paralympic sources to see if > >>>>there is > >>>> > any interest in this issue. > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > Please do this small thing to support those that have overcome > >>>> > so much and who stand on the verge of the time of their lives. > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > Please don't let petty political decisions marr the great generosity > >>>>of > >>>> > spirit that has blossomed in our most beautiful of cities over the > >>>>past > >>>> > weeks. > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > Please act. > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > PETITION > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > We the undersigned urge the NSW Government to retain the Olympic > >>>>Rings on > >>>> > the Sydney Harbour Bridge as a symbol of excellence and unity for > >>>> > the Paralympic Games. > >>>> > > >>>> > 1.Matt Keogh - Mosman, NSW > >>>> > > >>>> > 2.Amber Cerny - Paddington, NSW > >>>> > > >>>> > 3.Andrew Perry - Castle Hill, NSW > >>>> > > >>>> > 4.Bridget O'Donnell - Petersham, NSW > >>>> > > >>>> > 5.Jeffrey Niemoller - Petersham, NSW > >>>> > > >>>> > 6.Lisa Pender - Maroubra, NSW > >>>> > > >>>> > 7.Natalie McKee - Dee Why, NSW > >>>> > > >>>> > 8.Raymond van der Zalm - Surry Hills, NSW > >>>> > > >>>> > 9.Paul Swain - Neutral Bay, NSW > >>>> > > >>>> > 10.Kerry Field - Bondi, NSW > >>>> > > >>>> > 11.Camille Fryer - Surry Hills, NSW > >>>> > > >>>> > 12.Tessa Hoult - Paddington, NSW > >>>> > > >>>> > 13. Amber Hoult - Bondi Beach NSW > >>>> > > >>>> > 14. Nico Griffiths > >>>> > > >>>> > 15. Robyn Elmslie - Balmain, NSW > >>>> > > >>>> > 16. Gayle Nordstrand - Lalor Park NSW > >>>> > > >>>> > 17. Damen Diamantopoulos - Boronia 3155 > >>>> > > >>>> > 18. Michelle Joseph - Sandringham 3191 > >>>> > > >>>> > 19. Adam Vincent - Alphington 3078 > >>>> > > >>>> > 20. Kirsten McLachlan - Alphington 3078 > >>>> > > >>>> > 21. Kristin Radtke - Footscray 3011 > >>>> > > >>>> > 22. Ann Hantzolos - Doncaster 3108 > >>>> > > >>>> > 23. Scott Pridham - Brahma Lodge 5109 > >>>> > > >>>> > 24. Kylie Rickards - Bedford Park 5042 > >>>> > > >>>> > 25. Eleanor Foster - Moorooka 4105 > >>>> > >>>>26. Anthony Nicholas - Sydney > >>>> > >>>>27. Helen Thew - Newcastle upon Tyne UK > >>>> > >>>28. Harriet Radermacher - Newcastle upon Tyne UK > >> > > 29. 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