"John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
>

Please show me where I stated that I wanted revenge.

>  > 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.
>

Oh so it's OK byn you, that they hate us?
But it's not OK that I hate them?