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To: Sultan who wrote (7067)	10/23/2001 2:31:40 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Respond to of 281500

Thanks Sultan. Its no different than in northern Ireland; if you are a moderate and don't want trouble, you don't troop your colours in the wrong part of town. Or in some neighborhoods in LA... etc.

To: Sultan who wrote (7067)	10/24/2001 2:30:22 PM
From: Songwrks	Respond to of 281500

It is easier to find the rampaging crowd and they make compelling TV for sure. I think you hit the nail on the head here. We can, perhaps, draw a parallel to our own media coverage of gay communities across the US. Intricate concerns rarely make the front page or the television news, unless they can grab viewers with a hideous eye-catching crime. Of course, there's always coverage of their annual pride marches, though, filled with shots of drag queens and tranvestites -the sensational- giving the impression that this segment of the community stands for all, when that is indeed far from the case. ~Jennifer