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To: John Lacelle who wrote (5715)	4/29/1999 1:18:00 AM
From: Moonglow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

John, The reason I haven't written to the President or anyone is because I am in the unfortunate position of agreeing with points made by both sides in this issue. For example, if Milosevic had been stopped a few years ago when the events in Bosnia were going on, we wouldn't have the mess there is today. Also, as much as I hate war...there are some things which should NEVER be allowed to happen....and the reports that the Serbs are taking the young Albanian men out of the refugee lines and then murdering them is one of them. I am so torn on this. On the one hand, there are all my beliefs about peace and nonviolence....and on the other hand there is the part of me that says, "ENOUGH!!! This centuries old feuding has GOT to stop!!" I see the pictures of the dead Albanians and I want to cry. And then I read the reports from the average joe Serbian of what they are going through with the bombing, and I want to cry then too. And so I do the only thing I can do...work to overcome evil and hatred in my own personal little world. Hatred is an energy. Love is also an energy. Hatred is easy to do. Love is much quieter and slower working. In my own personal little world, I was put through a great test regarding hatred and revenge. I had a choice...I could've reacted in kind....or I could try and absorb the hatred and turn it into something good. I chose to absorb it. In absorbing the hatred and refusing to react in kind.....I found a wonderful thing begin to happen. Besides making me a MUCH stronger, better person...looking back over the past few years has shown me that the other people involved have become better, stronger people too. It takes much more strength NOT to fight than it does to fight. Believe me, I know. But then on the other hand, I never had to worry about losing my life during my own particular struggle...if I had, I would have been forced to fight back. And there is the crux of the whole situation. Juanita