>From Eric
> But ignore Mohamed's race and religion for a moment, and the concerns remain. I disagree. The concerns would have vanished, if not had been greatly reduced. >From my POV it appears that the argument you are making, as well as the school >administrator's POV, were NOT ignoring Mohamed's race and religion. If Ahmed's >skin had been white and his name, Arnold, I seriously doubt this regrettable >fiasco would have even raised to a fleeting level of amused interest in the >high school cafeteria among fellow nerds. Well... maybe not if a Caucasian looking Ahmed had turned around and said to the teacher, "All be back." ;-) Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson OrionWorks.com zazzle.com/orionworks

