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An email to Archbishop Tutu

I was a bit emotional after attending Archbishop's talk so I decided to write him an email, but I did not have his email address, so I sent it to the National Cathedral. To my surprise, I got a response. (I removed the names for anonymous reason.)


Dear Mr. Stone Boy,

I followed up on your request that your email be forwarded to Archbishop
Tutu. I learned just a few minutes ago that it was, indeed, forwarded
to his office in South Africa.

Staff assistant
Cathedral College

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-----Original Message-----
From: Stone Boy
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 3:22 PM
To: Cathedral College
Subject: Re: The Spirituality of Reconciliation

Dear Sir,

I attend the speech delivered by Archbishop last night. Would you
please relay my attached message to him?

Thank you,

-Stone Boy

PS: attached message


Dear Archbishop,

I had the honor to attend your speech tonight at National Cathedral. I
appreciate very much your words at the end to encourage people to
bring out the best in themselves as God wants us to. I, however, could
not walk away without thinking about the missing message that I wish
you had delivered.

This mighty nation is currently engaging in wars wasting many lives,
God's beautiful creation, in Iraq and Afghanistan. The premise of this
war was the tragic 9/11 event of 6 years ago. The degree of calamity
of this event is by no means comparable to the collective suffering of
black Africans during the long Apartheid era in South Africa. When
Apartheid ended, black Africans forgave all the atrocity committed by
whites over many decades. And yet, when a twin tower came down,
America sent her troops into two nations and is killing many innocent
people. The American government and whoever was the decision maker in
starting the Iraq war seem to have totally forgotten what forgiveness
means.

It is my humble and earnest request for you to tell the American
public how much we could learn from the South African people about
forgiving their former enemy. Please educate them about what a
spiritual and honorable act it is to forgive and embrace the enemy.

Faithfully,

-Stone Boy

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