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Saturday, October 07, 2006
Musings on the Last 24 Hours
Last night we had dinner with another couple who happen to be Muslim. We went to my favorite restaurant - Ali Baba's Grill in Golden. If you live in the Denver area and like Middle Eastern food, you've gotta try it. THE BEST HUMMUS IN DENVER!!!
I got to try a drink that Muslims drink during Ramadan. Too bad I can't tell you the name, since no one knew how to translate it into English. It comes from Egypt, and it is the strangest stuff, but I liked it. When I was taking a drink of it, it didn't have much of a taste, but the after-taste is a gift that keeps on giving. It's good - not very sweet, a little like licorice, but not really. I guess that it comes from some plant. Anyway, someone is missing a marketing opportunity here in the states - I think it could be a hit.
I got to try a drink that Muslims drink during Ramadan. Too bad I can't tell you the name, since no one knew how to translate it into English. It comes from Egypt, and it is the strangest stuff, but I liked it. When I was taking a drink of it, it didn't have much of a taste, but the after-taste is a gift that keeps on giving. It's good - not very sweet, a little like licorice, but not really. I guess that it comes from some plant. Anyway, someone is missing a marketing opportunity here in the states - I think it could be a hit.
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My friend brought up the question: When a Muslim kills others, why is that person called a terrorist, but when a white American kills others, that person is a killer or shooter or mostly not talked about (except to try to analyze why he/she did what he/she did)?
And why do people associate all Muslims with terrorism, but they don't associate white Americans with terrorism also, even though white Americans terrorize and kill too? (Examples abound - Columbine High School, the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, West Nickel Pines Amish School, Platte Canyon High School, Abu Ghraib, etc., etc.)
Might we look to our government and our media for the answer???
And why do people associate all Muslims with terrorism, but they don't associate white Americans with terrorism also, even though white Americans terrorize and kill too? (Examples abound - Columbine High School, the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, West Nickel Pines Amish School, Platte Canyon High School, Abu Ghraib, etc., etc.)
Might we look to our government and our media for the answer???
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On a brighter note, now that I am feeling just a little confused and dismayed by the previous subject, today's Women in Black vigil was great. Another windy day, but we had five women standing, so enough people to help us hold down the banner and signs so that we wouldn't blow away. At the end of the vigil a family walked up to us and thanked us, then put something down on the ground for us, telling us to have a drink on them. After they had left, I looked to see what they gave us and found five $5 gift cards to Starbucks.
WHOEVER YOU ARE,
THANK YOU!!!
YOU ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO HELP ME TO TOLERATE BEING A MEMBER OF THE HUMAN RACE!
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THANK YOU!!!
YOU ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO HELP ME TO TOLERATE BEING A MEMBER OF THE HUMAN RACE!
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posted by Carol at 4:09 PM
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