X-Message-Number: 20757 Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 08:53:49 -0500 From: "Raphael T. Haftka" <> Subject: To Rudi >Rudi, When I grew up in Israel, my father had the misfortune of being too rigid about honesty. He had a shop for children's clothing, and the IRS expected him to cheat on his tax return, like everybody else (these were the days without any electronic aids to record keeping). So when he submitted his income tax return, they routinely doubled his declared income. They were doing their job, because most merchants submitted returns that were less than half of their true income. The 1990s were a time of excesses and dishonesty by a lot of people in your profession, and the government is cracking the whip now, and I hope they continue to do that. You have the misfortune of being punished even though you are blameless. This happens a lot in life. Like when we bombed Serbia, I am sure that a few people who supported us and hated Milosevic were killed by stray bombs (not to mention some innocent Chinese diplomats). This was an inevitable result of a basically good operation. So, as Bob Ettinger suggests, you must look at your misfortune in the same way as you look at misfortune that is dealt to you by nature. I hope you will find the mental powers to channel your rage to an effort to succeed in spite of adversity. I have met you and Dawn a few years ago, and I was impressed by both of you. I have confidence that you will pull through and emerge that much stronger. Good luck! Rafi Haftka .. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=20757