Terry Cottam (r)

[OKKAR66129@xxxxxxx]

R.I.P

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In a message dated 11/9/99 10:45:04 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
dawnstar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> Terry Cottam embodied unrelenting principaled determination in his
>  modest, brillant and unassuming but towering figure and personality. His
>  sense of human and wit, and steadfast pioneering attachment to the cause
>  of Free Burma inspired others, including myself, that the movement has a
>  living diversity to which is must be firmly dedicated to be real. The
>  Free Burma Coalition brought us together like two passing ships at sea.
>  We flashed lights and both went on our way, separated but united
>  by wide ocean of committment and single-minded loyalty to the cause of
>  freedom and democracy for the people of Burma against the junta and
>  unchecked illegal exploitation of the country. From the other side of
>  the Atlantic I worked with him on the PepsiCo movement and thank him now
>  once again for helping to show the way that what we do is not only right
>  and correct, but brings results. 
>  
>  He knocked down the lies and haughty posture of a billion company and in
>  his way cut through the glitz and glamour of the lies in PepsiCo
>  publicity and the arrogance of cutting a deal with the dictatorship. 
>  We lost a valuable man, a man who wore his battle scars privately with
>  indifference to the personal sacrifice of his work. 
>  
>  May his memory be a binding reminder of what we can do together, and
>  what he wanted us to do and to keep doing, in each and every way, no
>  matter how small it may seem to be, or how large and ambitious, that all
>  of us and all of our work denouncing the lies and hypocricy, cutting out
>  the falseness and ignorance of what seeks to betray and undermine cannot
>  and will not succeed. Terry Cottam knew that well enough to give and
>  share his life with the cause of Free Burma. There are many who will say
>  that one single man cannot move the world. Terry Cottam knew that this
>  was not so. And this is what he did. And he shook the world and made it
>  a better place for all of us. Thank you Terry. Large or small there
>  never was a better man. We do not and will not forget how you touched
>  many of us and how we will carry on your work. So as you go in peace, 
>  we stay for now, and fare thee well. 
>  
>  And thank you for sharing your life with the Free Burma Coalition
>  Movement. 
>