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Bill, I apologize for my rude tone.  Seems I was advising somebody else
what to do when about to lose your temper and I didn't do it myself.  :o

What I've tried to say is that someone is not my enemy just because they
share a race or religion or country of origin with certain other people
who really are my enemy.

As a Jewish-atheist and an American, Osama bin Laden would certainly
consider me worthy of death, and the sooner the better.  Can't say that
I bear him a whole lotta good will either.  :o

But the Arab clerking at my local convenience store isn't the enemy.  The
Muslim woman pushing a baby carriage through the park near me isn't the
enemy.  Neither of them deserves to be under suspicion for any alleged
crime any more than you or I should be.

Sure, if there is some legitimate reason to believe that one of my neighbors
is planning terrorism, or a bank heist, or a hate crime, or any other crime
then I'll immediately turn them in to the authorities.  But please let's not
decay into a police state where we're all spying on one another and accusing
each other of things just because they're different in some way or simply
because we don't like them.

Surely America was never envisioned as such a state, and surely you wouldn't
want to live here if it actually came to pass.  Let's not be in such a hurry
to throw away all of the things which guarantee our rights.  If we allow
harm to come to Arab-Americans or American Muslims, then none of us can
sleep at night without fear of the security police knocking on the door.

Goodnight,
- Jeff


Bill wrote:

> OK, enough of this for me.  I have come to the conclusion that *some*
> Americans who are currently taking the side of our enemy will need to see
> further attacks from these people living here before we will be able to
> deport them or round them all up. Just remember that *you* wanted them to
> stay here.
> 
> Unfortunately when this happens, people will be a lot more angry than they
> are now. If the Government does not take action at that point, then I
> would assume that citizens would start taking matters into their own
> hands. At that point they should be placed in camps for their own
> protection.
> 
> Just how much of this destruction of America will people stand for? I hope
> and pray that we will not learn the answer to that question. Well I'm
> going to sleep so I can get up early and stock up on food and supplies...
> Nighty Night!


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