Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 19:01:00 -0500 
From: Andy Carvin 
To: 'tednellen ' 
Subject: RE: a request

 Wow.. chilling stuff, but not at all surprising. The Pakistani press has
been having a field day with the accusations that the Mossad did it, that
they warned all Jews to get out ahead of time, etc. Of course all this stuff
was discredited almost the moment it was first invented, but that hasn't
stopped the Pak press from being rather one-sided (ie, antisemitic) about
it.

Personally, I can't say I'm offended, given the fact that it's not
surprising that young people in pakistan would reflect the messages they're
hearing from both their media and the adults in their lives. The question I
keep asking myself is, is this a teachable moment. For us in America,
certainly, but are we in a position to somehow generate a dialogue with
these students that could be done in a way that doesn't blow up in your
hands. perhaps you've been doing this already. But certainly the letters
could serve as powerful tools for US kids to understand that perfectly
normal, educated kids in another part of the world could have a perspective
that is so different than ours.

ac