In a message dated 2/25/02 7:00:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
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> Who are you talking about?  I haven't heard anything about an American
> Jew being held prisoner.  Why did you tell us this person is a Jew, and
> an American, instead of telling us the person's name?  What difference
> does it make to you that a prisoner is Jewish or American?  After all
> we've written here, why would you still think Americanness and
> Jewishness would matter to us?

    Actually, I think "Americanness" and "Jewishness" matters quite a bit to
many on this list. David Pearl's throat was slit and his head severed and
paraded about because he was born an American and a Jew. It happened while he
was being held captive. That is why I had the audacity to mention it. Unlike
the near hysteria on this list over the possibility that an Al Queda or
Taliban prisoner may not have an adequate selection of breakfast scones to
select from each morning at Guantanomo, there was nothing but silence here
concerning the treatment of prisoner Pearl at the hands of Al Queda
sympathizers.
Yours,
Issodhos