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Re: OT: Food for Thoughts 5



Hate is still hate.

"Blind patriotism is more
dangerous than no patriotism at all." - Benjamin Franklin

on 9/14/01 12:09 AM, Kevin Mulvihill at kmulvihill@mediaone.net wrote:

> When you look at the delighted faces of
> Palestinians cheering in the streets, we have to realize that there are
> cultures on this planet of such depravity that understanding them is 
>never
> fully possible. And empathy for them at such a moment is obscene. But we 
>can
> observe and remember. There is always a tension between civilization and
> barbarism, and the barbarians are now here.