FreddieN wrote:
 >
 > I don't believe that racism and bigotry has anything to to with
 > genes. Nor do I believe that people make any deliberate attempt to
 > become racists and bigots. With few exceptions, I think that most
 > people become that way through either the surrounding culture which
 > either encourages or condones such thinking, or through events which
 > have occured in a persons life that at the least gives rise to sharp
 > bigoted thinking and at worst trauma from which one can suffer for
 > years.
 >
If you have such a strong desire for revenge, join the military and
you'll at least have the possibility of doing something. Otherwise
you're just sitting around complaining.

 > I was in Manhattan on Tuesday September 11, 2001. Forgive me if I am
 > not a model of tolerance.
 >
So? There are thousands of young muslims who have been killed or had 
their lives otherwise destroyed by the policies of the US and our 
allies. By your definition of what justifies racism/prejudice they are 
right to hate us. That puts us in a perpetual downward spiral of hatred.

John W.