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Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 11:35:50 -0500
From: Daniel Leviton <dl16@UMAIL.UMD.EDU>
Subject: Petition on the treatment of Akghanistani women

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Please consider signing and forwarding on.

Dan Leviton

----Original Message-----
Date: January 14, 2001
From: Bruce Bonecutter
Subject: Petition on the treatment of Akghanistani women

Things now seem to be getting even more desperate in Afghanistan and
United Nations attention is needed even more. Thank you for your time in

reading and considering this internet allert and call to some action.

Bruce Bonecutter

Women' s Rights:
Madhu, the government of Afghanistan, is waging a war upon women.

Dear Friends:
If you decide not to forward this, please send it to
sarabahd@brandeis.edu.This is an actual petition, and
"signatures" will be lost if you drop the line.
please do not ignore this e-mail. This is something
that as human beings we need to support. I don't
know if this is going to help but take a few minutes
out of your life to do your part.



Madhu, the government of Afghanistan, is waging a war
upon women. Since the Taliban took power in 1996,
women have had to wear burqua and have been beaten and
stoned in public for not having the proper attire,
even if this means simply not having the mesh covering
in front of their eyes. One woman was beaten to death
by an angry mob of fundamentalists for accidentally
exposing her arm(!) while she was driving. Another was
stoned to death for trying to leave the country with a
man that was not a relative. Women are not allowed to
work or even go out in public without a male
relative;
professional women such as professors, translators,
doctors, lawyers, artists and writers have been forced
from their jobs and stuffed into their homes. Homes
where a woman is present must have their windows
painted so that she can never be seen by outsiders.
They must wear silent shoes so that they are never
heard. Women live in fear of their lives for the
slightest misbehavior. Because they cannot work;
those without male relatives or husbands are either
starving to death or begging on the street, even if
they hold Ph.D.s.

Depression is becoming so widespread that it has
reached emergency levels. There is no way in such an
extreme Islamic society to know the suicide rate
with certainty, but relief workers are estimating that
the suicide rate among women must be extraordinarily
high: those who not find proper medication and
treatment for severe depression and would rather take
their lives than live in such conditions. At one of
the rare hospitals for women, a reporter found still,
nearly lifeless bodies lying motionless on top of
beds, wrapped in their burqua, unwilling to speak,
eat, or do anything, but slowly wasting away. Others
have gone mad and were seen crouched in corners,
perpetually rocking or crying, most of them in fear.
When what little medication that is left finally runs
out, one doctor is considering leaving these women in
front of the president's residence as a form of
protest.

It is at the point where the term "human life and
death over their women relatives, especially their
wives, but an angry mob has just as much right to
stone or beat a woman, often to death, for exposing an
inch of flesh or offending them in the slightest way.

Women enjoyed relative freedom: to work, to dress
generally as they wanted, and to drive and appear in
public alone until only 1996. The rapidity of this
transition is the main reason for the depression and
suicide; women who were once educators or doctors or
simply used to basic human freedoms are now severely
restricted and treated as subhuman in the name of
right-wing fundamentalist Islam. It is not their
tradition or culture, but is is alien to them, and
it is extreme even for those cultures where
fundamentalism is the rule.

Everyone has a right to a tolerable human existence,
even if they are women in a Muslim country. If we can
threaten military force in Kosovo in the name of
human rights for the sake of ethnic Albanians,
citizens of the world can certainly express peaceful
outrage at the oppression, murder and injustice
committed against women by the Taliban.

STATEMENT:
In signing this, we agree that the current treatment
of women in Afghanistan is completely UNACCEPTABLE and
deserves action by the United Nations and that the
current situation overseas will not be tolerated.
Women's Rights is not a small issue anywhere, and it
is UNACCEPTABLE for women in 2000 to be treated as
subhuman and so much property. Equality and human
decency is a fundamental RIGHT, not a freedom
to get granted, whether one lives in Afghanistan or
elsewhere.

1. Giulana D. Black, Daly City, CA. USA
2. Marim Nayiny, Palo Alto, CA. USA
3. Sunaina Gulati-Ruh, Palo Atlo, CA. USA
4. Megan Mc Caslin, Palo Alto, CA USA
5. Blake Hallanan, San Francisco, CA.USA
6. Kit Henderson, Sacramento, CA USA
7. Kara Myers, San Francisco, CA
8. Ellen Tiden, San Fransisco, CA
9. Vanessa Ross, San Francisco, CA
10. Jenna Shaw- Battista, San Francisco, CA
11. Jeanne Raclk, Berkeley, CA
12. Julie Silas, Oakland, CA
13. Rennee Longstreet, Tarzana, CA
14. Susan Johnson, Encino, CA
15. Kenneth Johnson, Encino, CA
16. Terri Treas, Los Angeles, CA
17. Amy Rezinger, North Hollywood, CA
18. Babette Crooms, Los Angeles, CA
19. Olivia Kinzel, Santa Barbara, CA
20. Rebecca Longworth, New York, N.Y.
21. Kelly J. Williams, Chester, VA
22. Audrey W. Bunch, Elizabeth City, NC
23. Frances G. Shannonhouse, Elizabeth City, NC
24. Sharolyn M. Herring, Elizabeth City, NC
25. Michael W. Christol, Ownsboro, Ky
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50. Nan McBride, Scottsdale, Arizona
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55. Kelly McCarthy, Santa Barbara, CA
56. Mark Stucky Santa Barbara, CA
57. Victoria Morris, Santa Barbara, CA
58. Susan Comey, Harpswell, ME
59. Maria Donali, New York, NY
60. Jean Rawn, New York, NY
61. Vicoria Bigelow, Chicago, USA
62. Beverly Karp, Defiance, OH
63. Maria Plochocki - Williams, Jersey City
64. Nicolette Porochnia, Brooklyn, NY
65. Lilli Avenia, Flushing, NY
66. Lisa Modifca, Astoria, NY
67. Richard Haw, Leds, UK
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69. Todd A. Seff, Albany. NY
70. Kerry Lee Marcus, Arcata, CA
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72. Victoria S. Cuttita, Montville, JJ
73. Kim M Forcino, New York, NY
74. Jennifer Arrogant, Plainfield NJ
75. Francisco Dominguez, East Hills, NY
76. G.E. Mayo, NYN,NY
77. Felicia Cuthill, Brooklyn, NY
78. Kasper Price, Sea Gate Brooklyn,N.Y.
79. Aaron Perl, San Diego, California
80. Beverly Schreiber
81. Irving Schreiber
82. Stuart Schreiber
83. Teresa Kempner
84. Dede Coulter, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
85. Mac Coulter, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
86. ML Rosales, Tucson, AZ, USA
87. Janna Shelley Parker, Ca, USA
88. ZaKaiRan, NSW, Australia
89. Helen Prideaux, Brisbane Australia
90. Kiara Yasak, Paris, France
91. Maya Ollier Beaucaire France
92. Laurent Huguet France
93. Patrice Favreuille, Lons-le-Saunier, France
94. Elodie Primo, Geneva, Switzerland
95. Tran-Tho Reinmann, Hechingen,Germany
96. Paquita Aeschlimann, Echichens,Switzerland
97. Karen Wilson, Pampigny, Switzerland
98. Anne and Laurent Krayenbühl-O'Kane,Lausanne, Switzerland
99. Helen Ogilbee Baddaginnie Victoria Australia
100. Penny Bristol-Jones, Lima East,Victoria, Australia
101. Carol Oliver Daylesford Victoria Australia
102. Lyn Williamson, Bicton, Australia
103. Elvyne Hogan, Victoria, Australia
104. Robyn Hodge, Victoria, Australia
105. Graeme Martin, Victoria, Australia
106. Marian Boreland, Victoria, Australia
107. Hayley Brown,Luoyang, China
108. Judy Wright, Zhumadian, China
109. Chris James, Zhumadian, China
110. Rupert Knowles, Colchester, UK
111. Nigel Evans, Oxford, UK
112. RoseMarie Gallagher London UK
113. Peter Bicknell, Witney, UK
114. Judy Skelton, London, UK
115. Catharine Wilson, Sheffield, UK
116. James Anholm, Redlands, CA, USA
117. Carl Foster, La Crosse, WI, USA
118. Anne Gavic, Cary, IL, USA
119. Laura Benson, Chicago, IL USA
120. Mary Schultz, Streamwood, IL USA
121. Judy Schimmel, Park Ridge, IL. USA
122. Nancy Cooke, Alsea, OR. USA
123. Wendy Diana Grace, Alsea, OR USA
124. Kathy Turner, Makawao,Maui, HI USA
125. Terry Moreau, Urbana, IL USA
126. Joyce Pfennig, Champaign, IL USA
127. Bruce Bonecutter, Chicago, IL USA
128. Daniel Leviton, Adelphi, MD USA

PLEASE COPY this email on to a new message, sign the
bottom and forward it to everyone on your distribution
lists.
If you receive this list with more than 300 names on
it, please e-mail a copy of it to :
sarabande@brandis.edu Even if you decide not to sign,
please be considerate and do not kill the petition.
Thank you

--
Dr. Daniel Leviton
Center on Aging
College of Health & Human Performance
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-2611
Phone: (301) 405-2528; Fax: (301) 445-1546

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#94
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 02:42:41 -0800
From: helen welle-graf <grafhw@BULLOCH.NET>
Subject: Re: Mark Temple

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I, too, am one that mainly remains a silent reader of the HEDIR. In fact
it took me some time to decipher how to send this message to everyone.
Given that,

I would concur with the statements made by Adrian Lyde. This is a
professional listserv and let us act accordingly. If you don't agree with
the issue and/or message, please address that and not the messenger. The
issues being discussed are critical for the professional of health
education, no matter which side of the fence you fall. And we can all
learn from one another when the discussion sticks to the issues. Thanks.

Helen Welle Graf, PhD, CHES


At 07:51 PM 1/12/01 -0600, you wrote:
>** Award winning program in Wellness Mgt and Gerontology
>** offers GA Stipend of $8000+ tuition waiver.
>** Contact Fisher Institute for Wellness and Gerontology,
>** Ball State University; call 1-888-WELL-BSU
>** Web Page: http://www.bsu.edu/wellness (2/1)
>
>To all who continue to make personal attacks on the HEDIR:
>
>>The message from Mark Temple was sent to me and I am surprised that someone
>>who has such blatant hatred and venom for conservatives cannot support his
>radical
>>claims with any type of references for his "quotes." It appears it is just
>another
>>insecure person trying to rallying against something that makes him unsure
>of his
>>place in this world.
>
>This is a professional listserv in which making personal attacks (on the
>HEDIR or to an individual) is rude, uncalled for, and certainly
>unprofessional. You have the Constitutional right to agree or disagree with
>the postings of Mark Temple, or anyone else who makes a statement of opinion
>or fact. Rather than attacking people for their opinions, address the issue
>with which you disagree. And, if you want a citation, ask for it rather
>than giving a psychological diagnosis of a HEDIR contributor about why a
>citation wasn't provided.
>
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#95
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 20:57:50 -0600
From: "Mark A. Temple" <matempl@ILSTU.EDU>
Subject: Conservatism

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Jim Broadbear asked questions I'd hoped more would respond to. Jim always asks
great questions...that's one the great things about having him across the hall.

I looked up a definition of conservatism in my handy Thorndike and Barnhart
Advanced Dictionary (don't want to be accussed of making up definitions).
Conservatism is defined as an inclination to keep things the way they are or
return to what they were in the past; opposition to change, especially change
in traditions.

I realize that the poltical ideology of conservatism differs from that
definition. But the term conservatism was applied because adherents to the
ideology typically oppose change. They also tend to look through rose colored
glasses fondly upon a past that never really existed. The pop musician Moby
suggests:

>
> The conservatives want a seemingly neat and compartmentalized society wherein
> stable appearances are maintained and archaic cultural archetypes are adhered
> to religiously. I grew up in a world of rigid archetypes. I grew up with
> white businessmen going to office buildings while there wives stayed at home
> and their kids went to school. Or, more accurately, I grew up with alcoholic,
> adulterous businessmen who lived culturally insular lives while their wives
> took sedatives and smoked cigarettes and vented their frustrations on their
> kids, and these same kids took reams of drugs, got abortions, drove drunk,
> and victimized the weaklings. I grew up in what most conservatives would
> consider a utopia; lots of money, prestige, cultural cohesion, and good
> conservative values.


(BTW - it's from the jacket of his "I want to score" CD)

My experince does suggest that conservatives are more concerned with aesthetics
than ethics.

The conservatism I view as dangerous to health education stems from two
ideological version that predominate the American conservatve movement.

1) Moral conservatives

These conservatives strongly believe that it is their responsibility to save
the world from itself. I lietrally mean "save." Salvation is the name of the
game. Freedom, intellectualism, open-mindedness, experimentation...heck, even
science...tkae a back seat to the divinely-ordained word of God. Let me give
you anecdotal evidence of this type of moral conservatism. I grew up an
evangelical Southern Baptist (where's the next meeting of Fundamentalist
Anonymous). I attended church three or more times week. I went on
international mission trips. During my senior year of high school, our church
(2500 members) hired a new youth minister from the "liberal bastions" of east
Texas. He bagn to work teaching us to be good Christian youth...then he made a
fatal error. He decided that during our Sunday night Taining Union, we would
visit churches of other dinominations, return to the confines of our church and
discuss the differences in Baptist beliefs and the beliefs of other
denominations. Our first visit was to an Episcoplian church. He was fired on
Monday morning. It was simply too risky to let any other beliefs poetenially
"infect" the minds of good Southern Baptist youth.

Moral conservatives attack school health education programs with the same fear
that the deacons attacked the new youth minister. They are deathly afraid that
the introduction of new ideas will "spoil" the child. Faith solves all
problems and the sole source of all truth is the Protestant Bible.

I could go on and on...but think I've made my point.

2) Neoconservatives

This is the ideology of Gretrude Himmelfrab, her dear son Bill Kristol, Allan
Bloom, and many others of the conservative intelligensia. This ideology has
its foundation in the philosophy of Leo Strauss. Struass was a German Jew who
fled Nazi persecution. He taught for years at the University of Chicago. It
has been said of Strauss, "There are many excellent teachers. They have
students, Strauss had disciples." In the 1980's and 90s these Strauss
disciples have moved into the upper exchlons of academe and governement. They
witnessed the perceived "excesses" of the liberal elite of the 60's and 70's
and hope to counter the "resultant problems." To quote Nina Easton (Gang of
Five):

*The Strassians believed that the measure of a healthy society was how virtuous
its citizens were - not how much personal freedom they enjoyed, *nor how equal
their standing. Indeed, they saw inequality as a natural (and age-old) element
of human life. The rot of modern thinking, *Straussians believed, was evident
in the presumptuous social engneering by twethieth-century courts and
government in such matters as school *busing and affirmative action.
Straussians also regarded as dangerous the anything-goes ethos of the 1960s,
particularly in sexual matters. They *raised alarms about liberation movemenst
that led to legal abortion, single motherhood by choice, and civil rights
protection for homosexuals. *Straussians were concerned with personal
behavior, the character, of people - and, unlike liberals, did not shrink from
judgment. They condemned *the new tolerance underpinning public policies that
offered sympathy and assistance, no questions asked, to poor women who
continued to have *children out of wedlock or the homeles drug addict who
refused to seek treatment.

It is a moral philosophy rooted in elitism. Strauss firmly believed that most
people could not understand the "truth." He went so far to to suggest an
intellectual, democratic aristocracy - "one that by intellectual ability,
interest, and character devotes itself to the quest for true knowledge."
(Dannhauser, Werner J., "Leo Struass: On Becoming Naive Again," American
Scholar, Autumn 1975, pp. 636-642.) Religion was good in that its kept the
human commoner in-line. But it was (and is) clearly up to the elites to run
the show for the betterment of all.

So...my friend, Jim...these are the two conservative ideologies that frighten
me for the clients and students served by health education programs across the
U.S. My personal view is that the neoconservtives have saddled a horse of
moral conservatism and now ridden it to "power.'

Let us all keep our fingers crossed that good people can find a way through the
ideological quagmires that confront us. Let us dream that we can all work
together for a better, safer, saner America. In the mean time, I'm dusting off
my copy of The Prince and getting ready for their "moral civil war."


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Health Education at Illinois State University
Leadership Compassion Courage Innovation

Mark A. Temple, PhD, CHES
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Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world,
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