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foreigners are the same. Iraqi, Saudi, Egyptian, Pakistani, etc...all the same. Much like Osama has been able to convince poor Muslims that all Westerners are the same. People who lead insulated lives will often believe this.
by tjb22 on Mon May 15, 2006 at 09:49:43 PM PDT
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antidote for the kind of raging frustration I feel when, as happens often, I run into someone breathtakingly ill-informed and narrow-minded--or am sideswiped (which has happened)--or am asked a stupid, challenging question by someone with their head, neck, and chest buried in the sand.
Of course, that means that they are talking out their asses. And there are thousands of them out there. They are in my family, on airplanes with me, write newspaper columns, and vote for George W.
They don't WANT to know, because then they have a responsibiity. An obscene number of people in this country want to turn it all over to an authority figure and never have to think past themselves.
This was a rant. Sorry for that, too.
She didn't know it couldn't be done, so she went ahead and did it.
by Boadicaea on Mon May 15, 2006 at 10:07:01 PM PDT
It is funny, but its also sad and scarey because its true...they think there is this vast group of "thems" out there...you know the "thems" that aren't one of the "us's". Its a lot easier to think that way.
by tjb22 on Mon May 15, 2006 at 10:08:48 PM PDT
Mexicans, that why we gotta stop'em at the border. Send out the Nat'l Guard, if there are any left.
CHRISTIAN, n. One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor. A. Bierce
by irate on Mon May 15, 2006 at 11:31:48 PM PDT
wide narrow
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