Ignore this if you choose to, but please don't kill it. If you decide not to forward this, please send it to sarabande@brandeis.edu. This is an actual petition, and "signatures" will be lost if you drop the line. 

Dear Friends, 

Please do not ignore this email. This is something that we as women and essentially as human beings need to support I don't know if this is going to help but take 3 minutes out of your life to do your part. 

    Madhu, the government of Afghanistan, is waging a war upon women. Since the Taliban took power in 1996, women have had to wear burqua and have been beaten and stoned in public for not having the ...
 
Dear Freinds,

This is was the third time I received this petition and so I decided to investigate. From the Brandis University website, dated January 10, 1999...

"An unauthorized mass mailing recently went out to most UNet users soliciting email to sarabande@brandeis.edu. Please do not respond in any way; the owner of that address no longer wants the mail. Due to unmanageable volume, the sarabande address has not been receiving email since January 3rd, and will never be a valid email address again. postmaster@brandeis.edu will answer no more questions about this issue. Please do not initiate or propagate chain letters."

May I humbly suggest that those disturbed by the actions of the Taleban to write their government representative expressing their concern and to support organizations such as Amnesty International.

Here are some links to check if you think you have received another hoax:

HoaxBusters
Don't Spread that Hoax!

Take care,
Mita