Afraid to Poop

Today I keep it brief (yes, I know how... no, I don't like to!!!)

Racial profiling is talked about non-stop. I am bombarded with e-mails full of anger, fear, and hatred.

I have compiled a list of why we should avoid people of Muslim beliefs... as suggested by those who let fear rule them.

Acts by Muslim male extremists between the ages of 17 and 40:

1.) In1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed
2.) In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred
3.) In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over
4.) During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon
5.) In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up
6.) In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old
American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair
7.)In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a US Navy diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered
8.) In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed
9.) In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time
10.) In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed
11.) On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles to take out the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the passengers. Thousands of people were killed
12.) In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered

Nope, .....I really don't see a pattern here to justify profiling, do you?

OK... this really is not a joking matter...

We have a large number of Middle eastern families in our city... I am torn between "Loving our Brothers" as we are taught ... and wondering which of them might want to hurt me and my fellow Americans.

I have cried with a young Iranian woman when her 5yr. old was spit on at a soccer game shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

I have watched as people quit going to certain stores... the stores that were owned by people of "Middle East" appearance.

I have spoke with gas station attendants, who were afraid for their lives ... they were able to escape the torture of the Iraqi leaders, but must now worry about being shot at by angry Americans.

and...
I have stood in line at the post office ... and became extremely uneasy, when a man of Middle Eastern descent came in carrying a funny looking package.

I have come to the conclusion... God will take me when it is my time to go... Until that day, I must treat everyone as my brother or sister.

If I must die at the hands of an extremist... Let it not be while I am on the TOILET!