John Lee wrote: Sorry to hear that it's legend...it sure seemed to me to
have a lot of truth to it.

I don't "know" that it is a legend. The lack of specificity of the time
place and persons involved coupled with the political/social ax-to-grind cum
point-to-prove nature of the statement are classic earmarks of an
urban-legend. I have not read one Pakistani newspaper so I can't say it did
appear in some paper on some date so it is possible.

Is it plausible that some Pakistani said at sometime in someplace that he
would pay to see an American killed? Yes it is. It is equally plausible that
some American said the same thing, sometime, somewhere, about a Pakistani.
Would this make some Pakistani associate professor's jingoistic diatribe any
more meaningful than his American counterpart's jingoistic diatribe? No, it
wouldn't.

Rhetoric by definition is unanswerable. Therefore, rhetoric does not add to
the debate or spread understanding. The louder we yell the louder the
response. The louder the response the less we hear. The less we hear the
less meaningful the dialog. True dialog is inclusive. It does not preach; it
does not assail; it does not condescend.

Work for Peace

The opinions expressed herein are my own and not necessarily those of my
employer.
Yosef Rosenblatt

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