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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (46060)	5/21/2004 3:00:05 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794011

Karen, if everyone who prides themselves on being more civilized than fascists and terrorists is "set up as paragon" <<Main Entry: 1 par·a·gon : a model of excellence or perfection>> There's a big difference between a paragon and "more civilized than fascists and terrorists." The latter is a majority of people. I'm talking about the vulnerability of a country that defines itself by its virtues, it's specialness, on being a model. It is human natures to poke paragons with a stick, particularly when they are cheeky about it, to experience schadenfreude at their trip-ups. Sure, a paragon with egg on its face is still better than a terrorist by a long shot. I didn't say the response was rational or correct, merely natural and not unexpected and out of our control.