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To: rrufff who wrote (9551)	4/22/2004 5:06:02 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

Actually, I traveled there other times, but only once in the mid 1980s which was the period referenced in the post. I was also there for the early 1990s and the bombings and rocket attacks of the first Gulf War. Things were completely different. Relations did not evolve anything like the relations did on the Texas border. I was working with the gasoline stations (now a subsidiary of Halliburton) and the sales methods were being changed to eliminate Arab attendants. There was much hostility. There is more now. I think the comparison was insightful because the situations began with a similar feel, but took such different paths. I had some wonderfull talks at my 25th high school reuinion with the students from the other side of the tracks. There was a type of discrimination without malice. It was much like everyone was playing a role that they were assigned and could not pick. Twenty five years later it was clear that many wanted to play a differnt role. The other factoids you bring up are not relevant to that comparison.