At 03:15 PM 2/1/03 -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote:
At 11:59 AM 2/1/2003 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote: >One has to wonder if Bush's religious babble was appropriate in light of >the fact that at least one of the crew members was not of the >Judeo-Christian persuasion. How must it feel to the parents of > Ms. Chawla that "the God of Abraham knew her name" (paraphrase).I have not seen any reports of Ms. Chawla's religious beliefs to this point. If we wish to discuss "repulsive" it would be to assume somebody's religious beliefs solely because of their skin color, last name, or place of birth. Not that you necessarily did this, but since I have seen no reports of Ms. Chawla's religious beliefs, it seems entirely possible that you did.
FWIW, that information is not given in her official bio:
<<http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/chawla.html>>
(Expect delays getting this or any NASA page, especially anything to do with STS-107 or its crew, to load tonight.)
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
--Dr. Jerry Pournelle
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