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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Greetings,<br>
<br>
To start with, many thanks to all who attended the Chomsky event this week. There
was an almost 400 person attendance. Our turnout in number and in unity was admirable...
yet falls short - very short - of the sense of solidarity and commitment satiating
Lebanon those few days.<br>
<br>
This email is a call for action. To act in your capacity as a human, before and
irrespective of your nationality and political/religious affiliation(s).<br>
<br>
A large-scale congregation is being planned to loudly demonstrate our anger and
demands in an effective yet realistic manner. Many groups in Greater Boston have
already expressed their heartfelt interest in participating and have presented their
own set of logistical and content requirements under which they would like to assemble.<br>
<br>
To this end, another exceptional meeting will take place tonight (Thursday) at 8:00pm
in the MIT Student Center (<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=w20">map</a>)
to unanimously agree on the statement/headlines of this rally and finalize logistics.
Representatives of other groups will be attending. This is not an LCM meeting, but
that of anyone interested in lending a hand and an opinion to shaping this rally
and the future of a nation.<br>
<br>
Whether you can make it to the meeting tonight or not, please take as many of the
following steps as possible to contribute to this effort:</span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Forward this email</span></font></b></span><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> and put
the word through to each and every one you feel could contribute. Think beyond
your smaller ethnic/national/religious circles. Many of our local friends are
alien to how such tragic events could be as casual as sneezing in our part of
the world; this would be a great opportunity to share our cause, frustration,
and willingness to act. If you are receiving this and not in New England,
please forward to your New England contacts.</span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>If you have the slightest interest
in attending tonight, joining the rally, and/or stay updated with the
preparations for and echo of this event, please <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>sign up to a new dedicated list</span></b>: <a
href="mailto:lebanon-justice@mit.edu">lebanon-justice@mit.edu</a>. You can do
so here: <a href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/lebanon-justice">http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/lebanon-justice</a>
- Members on this list may also be contacted for signing petitions and letters.</span></font></span></p>
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</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Attend tonight’s
meeting</span></font></b></span><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> at 8:00pm in the MIT Student Center (<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=w20">map</a>) to unanimously
agree on the statement/headlines of this rally and finalize logistics. If you
arrive late, please take the stairs to the last floor.</span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Share with the
list</span></font></b></span><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> above any pertinent ideas, suggestions, questions,
contacts, and/or media strategies you have, yet won’t be able to bring to
the meeting/rally. Please don’t let email replace your much needed physical
presence.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Verdana'> </span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></font><span dir=LTR><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Plan ahead to contribute a few hours
of your time next week (tentatively scheduled for Wednesday afternoon) to <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>physically join the rally</span></b>.</span></font></span></p>
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font-family:Verdana'><br>
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</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Please don’t presume the rally too general or too
specific for your own personal views to be conveyed. Some thought so of Lebanon, and yet it still stands too large to be swallowed and too small to be divided.<br>
<br>
One gravely wonders what more should happen before we make a move to conquer –
not await – change. If what happened isn’t the right impetus,
perhaps nothing will be. Bernard Russell once said: "The whole problem
with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves,
but wiser people so full of doubts." – If fools and/or fanatics brought
us this far, I hope that our wisdom doesn’t leave us here... in doubt, in
stagnation.<br>
<br>
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><br>
Ever grateful,<br>
Loai</span></font></p>
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