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Re: this inflames me... (no OtR)
dan wrote a bunch of stuff and i agreed with all of it. i won't talk about
that because i can't speak about it as eloquently as he did. but i will
respond to this:
> but that shouldn't give us the
> right to lock someone up just because they are of
> a certain race/religion.
i agree with this 150%! when the chamber singers flew to europe, one of our
own, mr. greg abdalah, was stopped and questioned and all sorts of things.
yes, he is of lebanese decent. he's also an american citizen and the son of
a minister at an orthodox church. but he *looked* threatening, just because
he doesn't look like *us*, whatever *we* may look like.
also, while in europe, i met many people who were islamic, and they had
nothing but peaceful wishes for america and for the christians that they met.
how many tragedies occured because of crazy christian people (was waco,
texas the result of some cult gone awry?), but no one is blaming that entire
religion. so, why should we blame all of the arabic communities and all of
the islamic people for the actions of one crazy faction of that same religion?
i went to a comedy club last night, and the comedian, who *was* really funny,
did a song parody to _my sharona_, called _die, osama_. i think i was the
only one in the audience who wasn't laughing/singing along. i'm not sure if
that makes me a bad person, or not...
*sigh* off to work now. thanks for posting, dan...makes me think.
*hugz and kisses*
jessyka
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