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Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 07:50:20 -0800
From: Fen Labalme <fen@comedia.com>
Message-Id: <199503311550.HAA20071@imagine.comedia.com>
To: think@imagine.comedia.com
CC: Dave Ratcliffe <dave@ratmandu.esd.sgi.com>
Subject: FAST: Call to abolish Nuclear Weapons
Status: R

Date: Thu, 30 Mar 95 18:50:50 -2400
>From: Ben Hartshorne <ben@linex.com>
																							Ben H. (ben@linex.com)

     Many people falsely believe the nuclear problem has gone away with the
end of the Cold War.  Far from that, the problem has simply changed form.
It is shifting from a race to oblivion between the U.S. and Russia, to the
possible spread of nuclear materials and weapons, to a greatly increased
number of nations, and potentially to ethnic or criminal terrorist groups.

     We invite you to join use in a world-wide fast for the Abolition of
Nuclear Weapons.  Many people are already participating, including Daniel
and Patricia Ellsberg, Richard Falk, Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, and others.

     We are asking everyone, including world political and religions
leaders, outstanding figures in the arts and sciences, and concerned
citizens to participate in this fast - wherever they are - for one day, or
more, during the period of the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review and
Extension Conference taking place at the United Nations from April 17 to
May 12.

     We are embarking on the Fast because we feel that a sense of moral
urgency must be brought to bear on the decisions being made in our name at
this conference.  They will profoundly affect the future of humanity and
the fate of the earth.

____________________________

Please distribute this letter to everyone you know, and print it out and
post it up on community bulletin boards, church bulletin boards, and any
other place that it will be seen.  This is a world-wide plea to help stop
nuclear weapons, and it is not restricted to the computer world.

There are three ways to respond: Normal mail, FAX, and E-mail.  To respond
by normal mail or FAX, send a pledge to fast with all the information asked
for below to the "Nuclear Age Peace Foundation" at 1187 Coast Village Road,
Suite 123, Santa Barbara, Ca, 93108, USA.  tel: 805-965-3443, FAX:
805-568-0466

____________________________

E-mail:  Send a message to World-Fast@ma.org
    In the "subject" field, write "Yes, I will fast"
    In the body of the message, write:

	    yourname
	    you@your.address
	    The country you are from
	    the date you will fast (please write it in numbers, e.g.  4/25,
				    month/day, no spaces.)
	    [Yes] or [No]  (if you want your name to be sent to the
			    Conference or not (see below))

    For Example, my name is Ben Hartshorne, and I will fast on May 10th.
       My e-mail address is ben@linex.com.  I am from California,  USA.
       I want my name to be sent to the Conference.

	    Ben Hartshorne
	    ben@linex.com
	    USA
	    5/10
	    Yes

That's all there is to it.

     If you write 'Yes' in the last field of your e-mail, your name will be
included in a list that will be presented as a petition to the UN
Conference.  If you write 'No', you will be included in the numbers of
people fasting, but your name will be excluded from the list.

______________

If you want more information, and can access the world wide web, there is
a site.  "http://linex.com/~ben/World-Fast"

If you can't access the world wide web, send a message to
World-Fast@ma.org, with the subject field "Request World-Fast Info"

If you want to send a comment or question, without signing, send a message
to World-Fast@ma.org, with the subject field "Comment on Fast".

Although capitalization doesn't matter, make sure you enter the subject
field correctly.

You will be sent a reminder to fast 3 days before the date you commit to.

Please report problems to ben@linex.com, subject line "fast, problem"

________
World-Fast@ma.org
http://linex.com/~ben/World-Fast

--
      Tomorrow becomes necessary when we do not see very clearly today.

                    -- J Krishnamurti, "Is Thinking a Slave to Time?", 1974

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