Mass e-mailings, which have long annoyed people by flooding inboxes with bad jokes, get-rich-quick schemes and ``Top 10'' lists, are now being used to try to rally Americans after the devastating terror attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon . From lighting candles to wearing the red, white and blue colors of the American flag, several e-mails swirled around the country on Thursday, urging readers to, in the words of one, ''show those terrorists that we Americans stick together''. That e-mail said Friday, September 14 should be ``Flags Across America'' day, and asked citizens to display a U.S. flag at their homes or in their cars. ``Let's keep the meaning of UNITED in 'United States','' the e-mail read. Another declared Friday to be ``U.S. Color Day''. ``Red, white and blue should be worn in honor of our fellow Americans that died. The goal is to get the whole nation to participate,'' it said, adding, ``Send this to 10 other people.'' A third mass e-mail asked people to stop whatever they are doing at 7 p.m. Friday evening and light a candle. ``We will show the world that Americans are strong and united together against terrorism. Please pass this to everyone on your e-mail list. We need to reach everyone across the United States quickly.'' (Agencies) | 電子信箱里莫名收到大量蹩腳笑話，迅速致富捷徑等垃圾郵件讓人們大為惱火，不過(guò)就在美國(guó)世貿(mào)大樓和五角大樓遭受毀滅性襲擊之后，電子郵件有了新的用途--將美國(guó)人民團(tuán)結(jié)起來(lái)。 9月13日，美國(guó)網(wǎng)上充斥著各種激勵(lì)人們團(tuán)結(jié)起來(lái)的電子郵件，有的郵件中人們點(diǎn)燃蠟燭(為遇難者祈禱)，有的郵件中人們披上象征美國(guó)國(guó)旗的紅白藍(lán)三色的衣服，這些郵件中都用這樣的話語(yǔ)來(lái)激勵(lì)人們："讓恐怖分子看看我們美國(guó)人是緊緊團(tuán)結(jié)在一起的。" 有一封郵件建議讓9月14日成為美國(guó)"國(guó)旗飄揚(yáng)日"，號(hào)召人們?cè)诩依锘蚴擒嚿蠎覓靽?guó)旗。郵件中說(shuō)："讓我們堅(jiān)持'美利堅(jiān)合眾國(guó)'這個(gè)名字里'合眾'二字的含義。" 另一封郵件宣稱9月14日將成為"美國(guó)國(guó)色日"。郵件中說(shuō)"為了我們死去的美國(guó)同胞，我們應(yīng)該穿上紅白藍(lán)三種顏色的服裝。我們的目的是號(hào)召全國(guó)人們參與進(jìn)來(lái)，所以請(qǐng)將此郵件轉(zhuǎn)發(fā)給其他10個(gè)人。" 還有一封郵件號(hào)召人們?cè)?月14日晚上7點(diǎn)鐘停下手里的所有工作，點(diǎn)燃蠟燭。郵件中說(shuō)"我們要讓世界知道在對(duì)抗恐怖主義的斗爭(zhēng)中，美國(guó)人是堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的，是團(tuán)結(jié)在一起的。請(qǐng)將此郵件轉(zhuǎn)發(fā)給你信箱欄中的人。我們要盡快聯(lián)系國(guó)家中的每一個(gè)人。" (中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)站譯) |
Updated: 2001-09-17 01:00
