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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle15><font size=3 color="#7c0a89"
face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black"'>I read
one of Wiesel’s books once and was all ready to be sympathetic. How can you not
be sympathetic to an account of Nazi concentration camp experience? Also, I had
met him once and he seemed a sensitive and decent guy. But then I found the
book disappointingly lightweight, in comparison with other books of its type.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>AUTOTEXTLIST \s "E-mail
Signature" <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]--><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Christopher Rhoades D˙kema<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR'>Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 09:50:41 +1100</span></font><font
size=2 color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;mso-color-alt:windowtext;letter-spacing:
0pt;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-font-kerning:
0pt'>From: topp8564@mail.usyd.edu.au</span></font><font size=2 color="#7c0a89"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#7C0A89;mso-color-alt:windowtext;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-font-kerning:
0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-font-kerning:
0pt'>Subject: Re: Elie Wiesel, reluctant warrior</span></font><font size=2
color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;mso-color-alt:windowtext;letter-spacing:0pt;
mso-font-kerning:0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-font-kerning:
0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]></span></font><font size=2
color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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mso-font-kerning:0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-font-kerning:
0pt'>On 23/12/2002 9:30 AM, "lbo-talk-digest" <owner-lbo-talk-</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-font-kerning:
0pt'>digest@lists.panix.com> wrote:</span></font><font size=2 color="#7c0a89"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#7C0A89;mso-color-alt:windowtext;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-font-kerning:
0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-font-kerning:
0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]></span></font><font size=2
color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;mso-color-alt:windowtext;letter-spacing:0pt;
mso-font-kerning:0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-font-kerning:
0pt'>> Forced to intervene? As in forced by what other than the desparate</span></font><font
size=2 color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;mso-color-alt:windowtext;letter-spacing:
0pt;mso-font-kerning:0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-font-kerning:
0pt'>> need to find bigger and fatter scapegoat for 9/11? </span></font><font
size=2 color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;mso-color-alt:windowtext;letter-spacing:
0pt;mso-font-kerning:0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-font-kerning:
0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]></span></font><font size=2
color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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mso-font-kerning:0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-font-kerning:
0pt'>Warning: attempting to reason through Ellie Wiesel's ramblings may cause </span></font><font
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font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;mso-color-alt:windowtext;letter-spacing:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-font-kerning:
0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR'>permanent brain damage. </span></font><font size=2
color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-font-kerning:0pt'>He is
just, just...too profound, too close to the </span></font><font size=2
color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;mso-color-alt:windowtext;letter-spacing:0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-font-kerning:
0pt'>darkest heart, too damaged... He is basically the special sauce you can
throw </span></font><font size=2 color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;mso-color-alt:
windowtext;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-font-kerning:0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-font-kerning:
0pt'>over any reheated hijinks, for that special ethical tang. </span></font><font
size=2 color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;mso-color-alt:windowtext;letter-spacing:
0pt;mso-font-kerning:0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-font-kerning:
0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]></span></font><font size=2
color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;mso-color-alt:windowtext;letter-spacing:0pt;
mso-font-kerning:0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-font-kerning:
0pt'>__</span></font><font size=2 color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;mso-color-alt:
windowtext;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-font-kerning:0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-font-kerning:
0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]></span></font><font size=2
color="#7c0a89" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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mso-font-kerning:0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#7C0A89;letter-spacing:
0pt;mso-font-kerning:0pt'>Thiago Oppermann</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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