[Chapter-delegates] Our friends and colleagues in France

[Leah Symekher]

The San-Francisco Bay Area ISOC Chapter echoes Vint Cerf and 
Jean-Jacques words in response to the shocking and humanly unacceptable 
attack in France.

Leah Symekher
SFBay Area ISOC Chapter, President/Chair


On 7/15/16 7:07 AM, Subrenat, Jean-Jacques wrote:
> Dear Vint,
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> thank you for your message of solicitude. As one of the many French citizens involved in in various areas of Internet volunteer work, I am grateful to you and other colleagues for the kind attention you showed in November last year, and again after the mass murder perpetrated in Nice.
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> Hatred can come from inequality, from historic misunderstandings, from grief passed on from generation to generation as a badge of honour. But viewed over a long period in various guises, violence is fostered mainly by crass ignorance, superstition and intolerance.
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> More than ever, our world needs to develop education, scientific inquiry, liberty of thought, awareness. The Internet, which owes so much to you, to Bob Hahn and other pioneers, can be a powerful tool to carry out this agenda of liberation from obscurantist beliefs and fears. More than ever, the Internet needs to be centered on the global user, her/his rights, aspirations and needs.
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> Best regards,
> Jean-Jacques.
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> ----- Mail original -----
> De: "vinton cerf" <vgcerf at gmail.com>
> À: chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
> Envoyé: Vendredi 15 Juillet 2016 15:44:50
> Objet: [Chapter-delegates] Our friends and colleagues in France
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> My heart is heavy. Our friends in France have endured the most heinous acts by brutal terrorists who are bent solely on the disruption of society. We must not let them destroy what we have worked so hard to create.
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> vint
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