Christian,
Thank you for the McVeigh analogy.  I, too, would like to know how others
tackle this issue with both adults and children.  I have just had to tackle
it myself with an adult.  All I could come up with (besides McVeigh) was
that the Taliban is a political regime and that while they are Muslim, not
all Muslims support the Taliban (or Osama Bin Laden, et al).  I likened the
situation to Pat Roberson being elected US President.  Just because he is a
Christian, doesn't mean all Christians in this country share his beliefs and
views.  People here forget we have separation of Church and State.  Many
Middle Eastern countries do not.  That is a large part of the problem.

Lori Allen,
Grad Student, UMSL


-----Original Message-----
From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Christian Trabue
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 10:17 PM
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Subject: Re: "I'm Not the Enemy" article


I thought this was very moving.  I am also worried
about the well being of American Muslims.  I was
recently told that it is just human nature to strike
out at those we believe are similar to the attackers.
I don't believe this is true.  Most American Muslims
are as similar to these people as most Christian
Americans were to Timothy McVeigh.
Has anyone working in education thought about tackling
these topics?  If so, would you please respond to this
message.  Perhaps it is too early to even think about
this but it seems to me that we should talk about it
as soon as possible so that we can help avoid hate
crimes against our fellow citizens in the future.

-Christian Trabue
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--- Annmarie Zan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Well said, and my prayers (as a Christian) are
> joined with yours. I hope that
> those responsible, and only those responsible, will
> be punished for this
> terrible crime against all free people of the world.
> Annmarie Zan
>


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