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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Dear all (especially Marjorie, Christopher and Frank), Yes, there are times when rules go out the window, and this is clearly one. I am with my students for our annual summer programme in Italy, and several of them who are from London were - and still are to some extent - extremely shaken by the atrocity of yesterday's events, and the way their helplessness was heightened by their physical distance from loved ones, and the technological difficulties encountered when trying to telephone home and finding it impossible to get through. Let me say something, please, regarding 'the kindness of strangers'. In a sense, the people of Massa Marittima are no strangers to me or to my institution, which has established and run a summer programme in this wonderful Tuscan town since 1998. Still, every year they host new cohorts of our students as if they were family, and yesterday they acted as such: many businesses and individuals, just to give one example, called our students from the streets and into their shops and homes, and invited the students to use their landline telephones so that they would have a better chance of reaching their family and friends. My students are most grateful, as am I. There are some good people on this earth, and it is good to be with them at times such as this. George --George FerzocoUniversity of LeicesterUniversity RoadLEICESTER LE1 7RHUNITED KINGDOMtel + 44 (0)116 252 2654fax + 44 (0)116 252 3633e-mail [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ________________________________ Da: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture per conto di [log in to unmask] Inviato: ven 2005-07-08 16:46 A: [log in to unmask] Oggetto: Re: [M-R] London May today be a better day, eh? Chris, seconding Marjorie's email wrote: > From: Marjorie Greene <[log in to unmask]> > >> Since there has been so little traffic on the list lately, I'm going to >> bend > George's rules a tad to wish heartfelt condolences to our British friends > and > prayerful wishes that neither you nor your family or friends were touched > by > the recent atrocity in London. > > > seconded. > > some rules were made to be broken. > > c I believe, in this circumstance, the list adopts this extraordinary procedure by acclamation. The Lord be with us all! Frank ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html