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To: Mannie who wrote (17279)	10/4/2002 1:07:45 PM
From: Clappy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 104197

I particularly like this part: <snip> 9.11, what happened to us in September 2001, is a microcosmic but painful and powerful example of the fact that we live in an interdependent world that is not yet an integrated global community, which means that people who do not share the same values and vision and interest still have access to open borders, easy travel, technology and information and the Al-Qu'ida network used that to murder 3,100 people in the United States, including over several hundred Muslims and over 200 British citizens, among those from over 70 countries who perished. What does that tell you about the time in which we live? That whether you are British or American or some other nationality the number one task of the world today is to move from interdependence, which can be good and bad, to an integrated global community in which there is a shared future, shared responsibilities, shared prosperity and, most important, shared values; one that says, "Hey, these differences are interesting". It would be boring if we were all the same. Britain and America are more interesting countries than they were 30 years ago because they are more diverse, but the only way we can really live together is if we say that the celebration of our differences requires us to say that our common humanity matters more. There are a lot of obstacles in the road towards that kind of world. There are terrorists, there are tyrants, there are weapons of mass destruction, there are all these people who are not part of our prosperity and there are a lot of people on our side who think that we can for ever claim for ourselves what we deny to others; there are a lot of obstacles in the way. But let us be realistic; none of you believe that we will ever be completely defeated by terrorists. We will not allow ourselves to be defeated by tyrants with weapons of mass destruction; that will not happen. But we could reduce the future that we can build for our children if we respond to the challenges in the wrong way. </snip> -Clappy