I'm sending this to a few different lists as a sidenote... In the wake of this tragedy, I've already seen implicit and explicit newscoverage blaming Palestine, and Palestinians for the tragic event. NBC cameras have gone to the West Bank showing cheering children. Brokaw has called this "a declaration of war."
The bottom line is WE DO NOT KNOW WHO DID THIS. I've already had an argument with a student who wanted to "bomb them to hell," referring to Arabs/Palestinians. And I heard one professor mutter something that sounded an awful lot like a racial slur after seeing the cheering spectators on the West Bank. PLEASE DO NOT FALL VICTIM TO THE MILITARISTIC IMPULSE!!!!! This is a time for prayer and reflection... Secondly I've received a couple of emails with "chicken-roost"-type language. Not only is such language inappropriate given the tragedy....but given the heightened security measures the government usually takes at times like this, such language can be DANGEROUS. Do not USE such language over the net. This is a dire time. But we have two choices....we can either be human, or be barbaric. lks --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
