Letters to the Editor, October 7, 2004

Palestine

Wished I could lived you up
and take you to my
homeland

give you a space
so you could settle down
and your sorrows
would end

Show you that life is different
at the other end

you could be happy
knowing that on me
you can depend.

Written by Alexandra Haman

Republic of Surinam

Iraqi children and US soldiers

Recently some Iraqi children have been killed while receiving candy from US soldiers. This is the fault of the US military they know they are at risk of attack and yet they encouraged children to be around them. Besides no amount of m&ms etc will make up for what those children lost before they attended the party: a peaceful life, the opportunity to attend school, to play outside without being killed. Now they are dead.

Janice Keenan

Australia

Thank you to Michael Moore

I couldn't send this to Michael Moore direct as his inbox is full! We hope you will publish it as an open letter to him.

Dear Michael Moore

Thank you for the wonderful job you are doing for the real 'free world'. These testimonies must speak volumes to the poor misinformed Americans and others of us whose newsmedia are owned by conservative American news corporations.

Because we live on a small remote offshore island of New Zealand with no movie theatre we haven't yet had the opportunity of seeing your latest 9/11 movie. Nonetheless we wish you all the best for the marvellous work you are doing - we do see your TV shows - belatedly and sadly put on very late at night.

All strength to your arm, or as our indigenous Maori people say it "Kia Kaha".

Madalene Frost and Charles Foot

Gt Barrier Island New Zealand

http://thebarrier.net/