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To: epicure who wrote (1973)	9/11/2001 12:33:47 PM
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It's beyond bearing. "...Muhammad looked at me with a crooked face and asked if I told his mom that he'd gone to the clashes. I shook my head no. He shifted closer and whispered that he'd once stolen a shekel from the shop's till, so that he could take a cab to Karni crossing. I said that his mom would be very upset, and he said that he knew. ''Are you sure,'' I asked, ''that you want to be a martyr?'' ''Yes,'' he said. ''I want to be a martyr.'' ''Do you know what that means?'' ''Throwing stones and Molotovs.'' ''No,'' I said, curious. ''That's not what it means. It means dying.'' ''I'll take a bullet in the leg,'' he said. ''That doesn't make you a martyr. You would have to take one in the head.'' ''My brother was shot in the head.'' ''To be a martyr,'' I said, ''it has to go all the way through. Are you sure you want to be a martyr?'' ''No,'' said Muhammad. ''I want to be an architect.'' "