Re: All Webmasters - DO NOT Change Your Home Page

We are all frustrated at not being able to help.  I'm in Tennessee, and by
about 3 pm a Blood-Mobile was in our shopping center parking lot collecting
blood to send East.

C.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Angelopoulos" <angelopoulos(at)csi.com>
To: "C. A. Milton" <camilton(at)hauntedhalloweencastle.com>;
<hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 11:17 PM
Subject: Re: All Webmasters - DO NOT Change Your Home Page


> Oh, no. I agreed with brian and you--just don't take down the whole page
(and sorry if it sounded
> strong, but I had a frustrating day, so close and unable to help. They
even turned me away from
> the hospital when trying to donate blood... every New Yorker stepped up to
the plate today and
> they rsn out of the donor bags, so many people had donated. They expect to
use it all say they'll
> need more tomorrow).
>
> Andrew
>
> 9/11/01 7:20:59 PM, "C. A. Milton" <camilton(at)hauntedhalloweencastle.com>
wrote:
>
> >
> >Hi Andrew, I respect your opinion.  However, I do not find it disruptive
to
> >display a small animated U.S. flag gif in the upper right-hand corner of
my
> >three pages (they are not business-related), but have to do with my
hobby.
> >I do not believe that the terrorists will see small flags posted on web
> >pages as a sign of their disruption--they have other evidence of that.
> >Hopefully every time they see an American flag it will remind them that
> >their time will come!
> >
> >
> >Caryl
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Andrew Angelopoulos" <angelopoulos(at)csi.com>
> >To: <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
> >Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 6:35 PM
> >Subject: RE: All Webmasters - DO NOT Change Your Home Page
> >
> >
> >> I have to agree. Pray for the dead and wounded, display your anger and
> >hurt, but don't disrupt
> >> business.
> >>
> >> I'm in NY (Brooklyn) and used to be able to see the top of the tower
from
> >my home. I watched as
> >> the smoke billowed from lower Manhattan (there is still a plume) and
> >smelled the plastic burning
> >> in the air. I watched thousands walk across the Brooklyn bridge. The
> >business of America is
> >> business and the sooner we get back to work in this town the sooner we
> >negate their actions.
> >> They want to disrupt our lives and ECONOMY. They want to hurt what
makes
> >us special and
> >> successful. I hope the office is open tomorrow (I work in the Wall St.
> >area) 'cause I'm going in.
> >> Things [the economy] are slow now, and every day that the economy is
> >paused drags us down
> >> another notch and hurts us even more. I don't want to sound cold, I
spent
> >the day worrying about
> >> friends and acquaintances, I just don't want to inadvertently help THEM
> >hurt us. The English
> >> survived the blitz the same way.
> >>
> >> Andrew
> >>
> >>
> >> 9/11/01 5:25:44 PM, bryan.westbrook(at)amd.com wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >Kukla, I know your heart is in the right place on this, but it is a
> >really
> >> >bad idea.  People, please do NOT do this.
> >> >
> >> >As was posted somewhere else today, the purpose of a terrorist attack
is
> >not
> >> >to eliminate a military target, but to disrupt the normal life of the
> >> >community.  If you turn your pages into a memorial site then the
> >terrorists
> >> >have achieved another small victory.
> >> >
> >> >Add a flag to your page, post a link to a separate memorial page, make
> >your
> >> >background black, or whatever; but do NOT turn your pages off.  Defy
the
> >> >terrorists by telling them that you are going on with your life!  That
is
> >> >the strongest statement you can send.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >From: Kukla Fran and Ollie [mailto:weblists2001(at)yahoo.com]
> >> >Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 3:35 PM
> >> >To: hwg-basics(at)hwg.org; hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org
> >> >Subject: All Webmasters - Change Your Home Page
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >A request has been made to change your home pages of all sites on your
> >> >control to a state of mourning.
> >> >
> >> >American sites are asked to replace your home pages with the US Flag
at
> >> >half mast.
> >> >
> >> >Please pass along this message.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>

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