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From: "Dave and Joanne Pritchard" <>
Subject: Re: Anonymous email
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 17:16:37 +0200


Hi Dafanie -

You certainly have been targeted lately! Ignore it and hopefully all the
pettiness
(and anonymous nogal!) will stop! Remember you have NOTHING to apologise
for!

Regards
Jo-anne (a real Heinz Variety)

From: Dafanie Goldsmith <>
To: <>
Date: Monday, 01 November, 1999 10:40 AM
Subject: Anonymous email


>Dear List,
>
>I received the following email tonite from an anonymous sender.
>
>"It would be appreciated if you would refrain from referring to the "Boer
>War". It gives strong offence to South Africans who are descendants
>of those who had to fight imperialist Britain and its allies a century
>ago when they invaded our country to take away our independence
>and murder our women and children. You could perhaps help to
>promote the use of the name "British Imperialist War of Southern
>Africa", which is what it really was."
>
>To whoever wrote this to me I wish to say -
>
>Never Never has it been or would it be, my intention to offend. I have been
>blessed to be born in a country that in my lifetime has not suffered the
>outrage, turmoil and hideousness of war. Therefore I can only imagine the
>horror and feelings that run so deep.
>
>I would rather this conversation was left at that and would have replied in
>person if it were possible.
>Dafanie
>
>Dafanie Goldsmith Neé BENNETT
>New Zealand
>
>
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