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Politics : High Tolerance Plasticity
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To: Razorbak who wrote (7927)9/15/2001 11:58:56 AM
From: Think4Yourself  Read Replies (1) of 23153
 
While I have not visited the ME yet I have had about 60 pages sewn into my passports over the years. I trust your point is that the perceptions about a type or class of people are often changed once you are exposed to them. If that is the case then I agree with you completely. Travelling and ignorance/bigotry/prejudice are typically incompatible. Smallminded people generally don't travel. This thread is proof as most of the members appear to be seasoned travellers.

One thing I have learned is that negative stereotypes about people are almost always wrong. Almost all people everywhere I have gone/lived have been incredibly hospitable, even in areas considered "unfriendly". To say the terrorists represent the Islamic people is the same as saying the KKK represents the Christian people or that Timothy McVeigh represented the american people.

Also please do not misunderstood my commentary regarding the airbase south of Riyadh. My point was NOT that it is not needed to protect US interests. My point is that we gave our word to the arab states to pull out after the Gulf war and then broke it...for whatever reasons. I actually remember our government making that promise. There was a big stink about that issue in the arab community. Also not suggesting we pull out right now. To do so would invite terrorist attacks whenever someone has a gripe with us.
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