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To: art slott who wrote (29919)	5/17/2002 1:14:17 PM
From: FaultLine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The conversation was chilling. Nothing to see here... There are ill-tempered, loudmouth louts in every cultural setting -- just cruise a few threads here on SI for proof. --fl

To: art slott who wrote (29919)	5/17/2002 8:32:05 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Someone noted that particular interview in #reply-17455985 , but I don't think there was a transcript available then. There is now, for those who would prefer not to have it filtered through Linda Chavez: npr.org For contrast, the other side, from the previous day: npr.org . A moderately ironic bit, in this context anyway: Rabbi GREENEBAUM: It's gotten to the point where you run into someone else from the Jewish community, it almost always starts on the latest coverage in the LA Times of what's been going on, or CNN or NPR.

To: art slott who wrote (29919)	5/18/2002 6:40:02 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<...And they are a reflection of our new multicultural America, where young people are taught that one's allegiance to one's ethnic group takes precedence over allegiance to the United States or adherence to democratic values. These young people may have been born in the United States, but they are Palestinians first and foremost. What ever happened to old-fashioned American assimilation, where second- and third-generation Americans put aside the animosities and allegiances of their ancestors? > Whine, whine, whine. What's the whining about Palestinian American terrorist supporters? It's the great tradition of the hyphenated-Americans to support their favourite ethnic group and terrorist friends overseas. But now Palestinians are doing it, somehow it's surprising?!! What about the IRA who had years of support from Irish-hyphens for their terrorist attacks? There wasn't much whining then about lack of assimilation. People were proud of being Irish-Americans [although there was nothing about them that was Irish - their grandmother being the most recent immigrant], Italian-Americans, etc... Even now, African-hyphens are legally treated as a separate species to be affirmatively acted upon. It seems that diversity and the slavish adulation of ethnicity is turning into quite a problem. What a surprise. Add religious mania, bake for a while. Light fuse. Step away. Mqurice