Gould 0738 wrote:

NOTE: I notice that almost everyone who argues for the Isreali
position eventually calles anyone that makes any points against
it an anti-semite. That's like calling anyone who makes any
arguments against the US Governments policies "non-patriotic."


If the scrap was between Moslems and Hindus, nobobdy in the US would give a
serous rip. When was the last time you met anybody with a passionate opinion
about any of the several countries surrounding India, where inter-faith warfare
is a way of life?



I have passionate opinions about Tibet, which borders India, because I
have long been following the efforts of the Dalai Lama, and his country
fascinates me. His Holiness is a reasonably frequent visitor to the
United States and I had the opportunity to attend a lecture he gave
about a month ago at the National Cathedral. I couldn't for the life of
me figure out what he might have said to George W. Bush during *their*
meeting. I'd love to visit Tibet and Nepal.

I went to Bangladesh in the early 1970s to direct and produce an
industrial film for a client on the architecture of Louis Kahn, but I
don't care much for the country. I am saddened every few years when they
have those killer floods.

India has no fascination for me. I have no desire to visit there. And I
wouldn't go to Pakistan for any reason.

The Hindu-Islamic strife between Pakistan and India is very sad.


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