[Terridan]

"Americans have a long, bitter history of racism. It is unquestionably our greatest failing as a nation and people. That is why we take hate crimes against Arab-Americans, Arabs, Muslims, etc. so seriously and deplore and prosecute them without excuses."
Yes, and with all our failings, we continue to grow and to prosper. And our nation is still the preferred country to live in! Everyone has a chance to live and prosper, but we must never lose sight of our DEMOCRACY and its system of government.

[thegreatbeast]

What gets me is that there has been very little retribution sought here in America. The other night, watching CSPAN, someone said that there might have been several hundred "hate crimes" committed against Middle-Easterners since September 11th. That, in a nation of some 280 million people, is remarkably little in the way of intolerance. I myself am somewhat offended by having John Ashcroft and all the Hollywood actors telling me to keep a lid on my yahoo ways.