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Re: FW: Re: [RC] UAE - Joe LongOn Tue, 16 Nov 2004 10:24:08 -0500, "Howard Bramhall" <howard9732@xxxxxxx> wrote: ... Our riders will most likely go over there in Jan. They're training right now, down here in Florida. They've prepared for this for quite awhile and, well, I'm sure they will all be going. And, with them, they will take the American Flag. And, fly it high, in a land where slavery is still prevalant. ... How many more young bodies will continue to be buried in the deserts of UAE before we actually do anything??? How long will we continue to look the other way? How long will we continue to ride alongside and compete with Slave Traders? How long will our flag be carried in a land where young boys are buried, in unmarked graves? And, nobody seems to care at all. cya, Howard Howard, there comes a point where continued chest-thumping not only becomes counterproductive, it just makes you look obsessed. This issue has been hashed, re-hashed, and re-re-hashed to death. The argument about whether the U. S. or its citizens should be engaged with a regime that's doing something evil, or whether we should refuse to have dealings with it, is an old one. It was argued mightily during the Cold War. Those arguing for engagement won, and we won the Cold War. It's easy to climb up on your soapbox and loudly shout to everyone how YOU won't go, when you had no intention of going in the first place. Other caring and concerned people can make a different decision. That is their decision to make, it is not for you to make it for them. And I for one will not think any the less of those who choose to go and carry our flag, proudly. Because I understand that our riders going and carrying our flag are NOT endorsing any practices of the hosts or host country, outside of the conduct of the event they are attending. If that were not so, there would be very few places in this world where we could go and compete. -- Joe Long jlong@xxxxxxxx http://www.rnbw.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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