> I didn't even want to touch that one as it seemed
> there was so much 
> inherent prejudice  in the last 2 sentences.

My attention was not to criticize the culture of the
man's birth country, only to refute the statement some
were making here that this kind of thing is just so
very American. Sure, it happens here, but it happens
elsewhere, too, and when it happens here, it's often
by people who came from other countries. 

--- Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Apr 18, 2007, at 10:34 AM, authfriend wrote:
> 
> >> The perpetrator in this case was not an American.
> He
> >> was a foreigner, something I suspected as soon as
> I
> >> was made aware of this incident. Examine his
> culture.
> >
> > OK, let's examine the crime culture of South Korea
> as
> > compared with that of the U.S.
> 
> I didn't even want to touch that one as it seemed
> there was so much 
> inherent prejudice  in the last 2 sentences.  It's
> hard to imagine the 
> mindset of someone who would say that, much less
> actually believe it.  
> Reminds me of the OKC bombing, when it seemed
> everyone was convinced 
> the perp must have been some crazy Arab national
> hell-bent on killing 
> Americans.
> 
> Sal
> 


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