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<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">To ELLers:</font></div>
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</x-tab>What I forwarded to you all is a part of my obligation to
report to you what has been "suggested" by ELLers, but the
final report submitted to the UNESCO/Discovery Project does NOT
include everything. As one ELLer comments:</font></div>
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<div>We absolutely CANNOT allow the politicization of the UNESCO
effort --<br>
otherwise we will lose ALL SCIENTIFIC LEGITIMACY. Like Amnesty<br>
International, the only way we can truly advocate for endangered</div>
<div>languages is NOT TO TAKE POLITICAL SIDES.</div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="-1">Absolutely. So, please don't
panick. I do understand what is important and what is not
important. I do NOT act simly on my own
"biased" decision. It's BEST you don't react to this
last message I sent you, but instead DO look at the list I sent you
as attachment. Akira</font></div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Akira Y.
Yakimoto wrote:</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">>A
suggestion: Include Israeli Hebrew. Yes, there are six plus
million native speakers, but with the massive effort on the part of
the Muslim world, the European Union, and Leftist Intellectuals
everywhere to delegitimize Israel and drive this flegeling nation out
of its native Middle East, Hebrew as a living language truly is
endangered. Hebrew, of course, is native only to this one tiny
strip of land, and happens to be the only language endangered by such
universal prejudice and intense genocidal hatred.</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">I don't
believe Mr. Yakimoto does understand the European Union, nor Leftist
Intellectuals like for instance myself. There's a widespread feeling
in Europe that the troubles in the Middle East should come to an end
through a true peace, which of course would mean that Israel would
abide with Resolution 242, and that the Arab world would officially
recognize Israel as a legitimate state. It's as simple as that. So
it's utter nonsense saying there's some 'universal prejudice and
intense genocidal hatred' against the state of Israel, endangering
Hebrew.</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Lucas
Husgen</font></blockquote>
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<div>Akira Y. Yamamoto<br>
The University of Kansas<br>
Department of Anthropology<br>
Fraser Hall 622<br>
1415 Jayhawk Blvd.<br>
Lawrence, KS 66045-7556<br>
Telephone: (785) 864-2645<br>
Fax: (785) 864-5224<br>
E-mail: akira@ku.edu</div>
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