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

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