Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Terror
From: ray tai <razerx@netvigator.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 01:26:25 +0800
References: <B7C52A93.13568%tarek.charara@wanadoo.fr>

I spent the better part of my youth hanging out in lower Manhattan and
am still e-mailing old friends who might have been in the towers or in
the area.  However please separate the issues and not direct hatred
toward any one people.  I am sure if the country of Iran blew up in 1980
more than a few people this side would have been dancing in the streets.

> 
> - The media has its way of manipulating things. A bunch of extremist
> children, women and men chanting and dancing or whatever are hardly
> representative of a population as a whole. I would be very careful with what
> is shown on TV. Having lived in the Middle-East, I can tell you that most of
> the time these manifestations are organised for the media.
> 
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In reply to: Message from Tarek Charara <tarek.charara@wanadoo.fr> (Re: [Leica] Terror)