Re: All Webmasters - DO NOT Change Your Home Page

I found a lovely image of an American flag at half-mast. I'd gladly share it
if anyone wishes to contact me privately. I plan on posting it on my site.

Jami

----- Original Message -----
From: "C. A. Milton" <camilton(at)hauntedhalloweencastle.com>
To: <angelopoulos(at)csi.com>; <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: All Webmasters - DO NOT Change Your Home Page


> 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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