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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (72193)	2/7/2003 5:32:08 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Well, US Attorney General John Ashcroft says that Al Qaeda is planning on hitting "soft targets," including sports arenas and amusement parks. >>Ashcroft cited recent reports that al Qaeda cells are "still determined to attack Americans" and could be planning strikes coinciding with the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, as well as recent arrests in Europe of suspected terrorists allegedly planning chemical attacks. "Recent reporting indicates an increased likelihood that al Qaeda may attempt to attack Americans in the United States and/or abroad in or around the end of the Hajj, a Muslim religious period ending mid-February 2003," Ashcroft said. Ashcroft said the reports indicated that so-called "soft" targets -- those more lightly guarded, such as apartments, hotels, sports arenas and amusement parks -- are at an increased risk.<< asia.cnn.com Y'all can do what you want, but if I eat a hot dog in public, the ketchup's coming out of a little sealed plastic container, and I am not planning on frequenting nightclubs near a beach, either.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (72193)	2/7/2003 5:37:59 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

It's a real struggle for about half the population to even listen, let alone understand, and to mount a reasoned rebuttal leaves most floundering. My wife says the same thing. She's a lawyer, part of the authoritarian caste. She works for a judge and, as a power behind the throne, is used to having people's lips routinely and flagrantly placed on her posterior. You should see all those authoritarian lawyer caste-ists bow and scrape, especially the distaff ones. Oh, how it amuses me! It's not a male monopoly. Most assuredly not. On the other hand, those who have been deprived of real authority seem to be a bit more ruthless and aggressive in exercising it when it is finally in their hands. Unlike we males, who are assured of our Nature-mandated place on the scheme of things and know that our authority won't disappear next week. I mean, how many of us would make a silly comment such as "mammary-centered/maternalistic cultures with Amazonian caste systems?"