[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#400773: Fwd: Fw: SOS from Home - ZIMBABWE - PLEASE read and foward to as many people as you know.

Thu Nov 13 22:44:13 UTC 2008

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From: Stan Zangel <szangel at knology.net>
Date: Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 11:28 PM
Subject: Fw: SOS from Home - ZIMBABWE - PLEASE read and foward to as many
people as you know.
To: Tom & Deb Allen <lrover88 at bellsouth.net>, Tom Allen <
allen1941 at bellsouth.net>, Roy & Heather Stirling <stirling at mchsi.com>,
Elaine Roberts <Elaine at sea-wire.com>, Eddie & Betty Rice <
betty.rice1 at yahoo.com>, Caroline <calliemix at telkomsa.net>, Calie Geyser <
stay at maputalandlodge.co.za>, Barry Roberts <gubulawayo at aol.com>,
Ajwawn at aol.com

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*Sent:* Thursday, November 13, 2008 1:43 AM
*Subject:* SOS from Home - ZIMBABWE - PLEASE read and foward to as many
people as you know.

Terrible, terrible things are taking place in Zimbabwe by the communist
thugs that rule the place. the internet is a powerful tool and the only way
that this madman and his henchmen are going to be brought to justice is if
the whole world gangs up up on them and topples their evil bastion once and
for all.

Please forward this everyone you know so it gets around the world in a few
days.

Letter from Zimbabwe sent in by *John Winter
*
I reckon that these are the last days of TKM and ZPF. The darkest hour
is always
before dawn.

We are all terrified at what they are going to destroy next........I mean
they are actually ploughing down brick and mortar houses and one family with
twin boys of 10 had no chance of salvaging anything when 100 riot police
came in with AK47's and bulldozers and demolished their beautiful house - 5
bedrooms and pine ceilings - because it was 'too close to the airport', so
we are feeling extremely insecure right now.

You know - I am aware that this does not help you sleep at night, but if you
do not know - how can you help? Even if you put us in your own mental ring
of light and send your guardian angels to be with us - that is a help -but I
feel so cut off from you all knowing I cannot tell you what's going  on here
simply because you will feel uncomfortable. There is no ways we can leave
here so that is not an option.

I ask that you all pray for us in the way that you know how, and let me know
that you are thinking of us and sending out positive vibes... that's all.
You can't just be in denial and pretend/believe it's not going on.

To be frank with you, it's genocide in the making and if you do not believe
me, read the Genocide Report by Amnesty International which says we are -
IN  level 7 - (level 8 is after it's happened and everyone is in denial).

If you don't want me to tell you these things-how bad it is-then it means
you have not dealt with your own fear, but it does not help me to think you
are turning your back on our situation. We need you, please, to get  the
news OUT that we are all in a fearfully dangerous situation here. Too many
people turn their backs and say - oh well, that's what happens in Africa

This Government has GONE MAD and you need to help us publicize our
plight---or how can we be rescued? It's a reality! The petrol queues are a
reality, the pall of smoke all around our city is a reality, the
thousands of homeless people sleeping outside in 0 Celsius with no food,
water, shelter and bedding are a reality. Today a family approached me,
brother of the gardener's wife with two small children. Their home was
trashed and they will have to sleep outside. We already support 8 adult
people and a child on this property, and electricity is going up next month
by 250% as is water.

How can I take on another family of 4 -----and yet how can I turn them away
to sleep out in the open?

I am not asking you for money or a ticket out of here - I am asking you to
FACE the fact that we are in deep and terrible danger and want you please to
pass on our news and pictures. So PLEASE don't just press the delete button!
Help best in the way that you know how.

Do face the reality of what is going on here and help us SEND OUT THE WORD..
The more people who know about it, the more chance we have of the United
Nations coming to our aid. Please don't ignore or deny what's happening.
Some would like to be protected from the truth BUT then, if we are
eliminated, how would you feel? 'If only we knew how bad it really was we
could have helped in some way'.

[I know we chose to stay here and that some feel we deserve what's coming to
us]

For now,--- we ourselves have food, shelter, a little fuel and a bit of
money for the next meal - but what is going to happen next? Will they start
on our houses? All property is going to belong to the State now. I want to
send out my Title Deeds to one of you because if they get a hold of those, I
can't fight for my rights.

Censorship!----We no longer have SW radio [which told us everything that was
happening] because the Government jammed it out of existence - we don't have
any reporters, and no one is allowed to photograph. If we had
reporters here, they would have an absolute field day. Even the
pro-Government Herald has written that people are shocked, stunned,
bewildered and blown mindless by the wanton destruction of many folks homes,
which are supposed to be 'illegal' but for which a huge percentage actually
do have licenses.

*Please! - do have some compassion and HELP by sending out the articles and
personal reports so that something can/may be done.
*
'I am one. I cannot do everything, ---but I can do something.. And because I
cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, by the grace of God,
I will do.'

 Edward Everett Hale

Please send this on to everyone in your address book.  We send jokes out
without blinking an eyelid.  We don't get told this on the news in
South Africa , we only get told what they want us to hear.  We all have a
chance to do something, even though the something is by pressing forward to
as many people as possible.  Let's stop talking and let's start doing!
There is power in prayer, there is also power in more people knowing about
this than you in my address book.  This is going to America , Dubai ,
Australia , France , South Africans all over South Africa , the UK .  By
forwarding this to all in my address book I have done something.  The world
needs to know what is going on.

 <http://www.incredimail.com/index.asp?id=109094&rui=81880055>
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