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To: Blue Jays

I can't tell if you are joking or not.

But I won't worry either way.. it's OK.


51 posted on 05/06/2006 8:37:03 PM PDT by SteveMcKing
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To: SteveMcKing
Hi StevMcKing-

"...I can't tell if you are joking or not. But I won't worry either way..it's OK..."


My post was deadly serious. My grandmother legally came to the United States as a nineteen year-old girl. Many years later, by the time she had grandchildren, she would tell us stories of what it was like growing-up around Europe until she departed for our country. She always had cautionary tales about "Mohammadans" which is the word she used for Muslim people. She regarded them as liars and potentially violent.

The four of us grandchildren knew she wasn't playing around because as a decent Christian she otherwise never had an unkind word for anyone. She was the stereotypical tiny (yet strong) european grandmother who had a knack for fantastic cooking and showered us grandchildren with love. If the topic turned to Muslim people anywhere on the globe, her tone grew much more somber.

~ Blue Jays ~

55 posted on 05/07/2006 4:06:18 AM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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