Message-ID: <7443358.1075852291268.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 09:25:20 -0700 (PDT) From: eric.bass@enron.com To: shanna.husser@enron.com, e-mail <.dad@enron.com>, e-mail <.jason@enron.com>, e-mail <.kathy@enron.com> Subject: FW: Countering peace activists Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Bass, Eric X-To: Husser, Shanna , Dad (E-mail) , Jason Bass (E-mail) , Kathy Bass (E-mail) X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \EBASS (Non-Privileged)\Sent Items X-Origin: BASS-E X-FileName: EBASS (Non-Privileged).pst -----Original Message----- From: Amir Cyrus Ahanchian [mailto:acahanchian@onebox.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 11:01 PM To: amirco@email.msn.com; Bass, Eric; handymcdandy@hotmail.com; bird3397@yahoo.com; orenmax@hotmail.com; jpcary96@hotmail.com; dandelionwine1@hotmail.com; jared.haun@sf.frb.org; vemarie@hotmail.com; aja08@hotmail.com; jefflerner@aol.com; jewelsno1@aol.com; btmazumdar@onebox.com; moranito@hotmail.com; nghiatn@hotmail.com; andypuls@hotmail.com; Vasan, Suresh Subject: Fwd: Countering peace activists -- Amir Cyrus Ahanchian acahanchian@onebox.com - email (713) 590-2342 x5500 - voicemail/fax __________________________________________________ FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com --------- Inline attachment follows --------- From: To: Amir Ahanchian Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 8:56:38 GMT Subject: > With all of this talk of impending war, many of us > will encounter "Peace Activists" who will try and > convince us that we must refrain from retaliating > against the ones who terrorized us all on September > 11, 2001. These activists may be alone or in a > gathering.....most of us don't know how to react to > them. When you come upon one of these people, or one > of their rallies, here are the proper rules of > etiquette: > > 1. Listen politely while this person explains their > views. Strike up a conversation if necessary and > look very interested in their ideas. They will tell > you how revenge is immoral, and that by attacking > the people who did this to us, we will only bring on > more violence. They will probably use many > arguments, ranging from political to religious to > humanitarian. > > 2. In the middle of their remarks, without any &! gt; warning, punch them in the nose. > > 3. When the person gets up off of the ground, they > will be very angry and they may try to hit you, so > be careful. > > 4. Very quickly and calmly remind the person that > violence only brings about more violence and remind > them of their stand on this matter. Tell them if > they are really committed to a non-violent approach > to undeserved attacks, they will turn the other > cheek and negotiate a solution. Tell them they must > lead by example if they really believe what they are > saying. > > 5. Most of them will think for a moment and then > agree that you are correct. > > 6. As soon as they do that, hit them again. Only > this time hit them much harder. Square in the nose. > > 7. Repeat steps 2-5 until the desired results are > obtained and the idiot realizes how stupid of an > argument! he/she is making. > > 8. There is no difference in an individual attacking > an unsuspecting victim or a group of terrorists > attacking a nation of people. It is unacceptable and > must be dealt with. Perhaps at a high cost. We owe > our military a huge debt for what they are about to > do for us and our children. We must support them and > our leaders at times like these. We have no choice. > We either strike back, VERY HARD, or we will keep > getting hit in the nose _____ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals .