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Re: impressionistic ramble

Subject: Re: impressionistic ramble
From: "Peter T. Chattaway" <petert at interchange_ubc.ca>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 13:25:47 -0700 (PDT)
cc: Over the Rhine listserv <Over-the-Rhine at actwin_com>
In-Reply-To: <20010913155651.99539.qmail at web14505_mail.yahoo.com>

On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, J. Marie Hall wrote:

> > (Did Russians believe everything *their* government told them, back in
> > the Soviet era?  I doubt it.  Why would we assume Arabs are any more
> > gullible?)
>
> yeah but maybe we should take into account the general fear you'd live
> under in these other countries.

Russians didn't fear their leaders?  I guess I'm just saying we shouldn't
assume that everyone in a given country happens to think or act the way
that a handful of their fellow citizens on TV happen to think or act.

> > What concerns me more is the way they're threatening to execute
> > Christians, basically just for being Christians.
>
> this isn't much of a threat: more of a reality actually.  maybe it's now
> official.  but it's not new.

I was thinking of a specific case (or cases) that are now before the
courts -- I haven't heard of any actual executions there yet.

--- Peter T. Chattaway --------------------------- peter at chattaway_com ---
 "I detected one misprint, but to torture you I will not tell you where."
      Winston Churchill to T.E. Lawrence, re Seven Pillars of Wisdom

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