On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, J. van Baardwijk wrote: > There are a few major differences at play here. First, there was *one* > attack against Americans while there were several attacks against Jewish > targets. Second, the attack against Americans took place in the United > States, while the attacks against Jewish targets took place right here in > Europe. Given this, the chance of an attack because of a display of Jewish > symbols is far greater than the chance of an attack because of a display of > American symbols. Considering the enormous difference in risk, it makes > sense right now to ask someone to not display Jewish symbols while still > allowing people to display American symbols. As I said in an other post, > this has nothing to do with racism or anti-Semitism, but with public safety.
Are "Jewish targets" not also "European targets?" Marvin Long Austin, Texas
