Actually, Ake, he could have stayed out of it without committingpolitical suicide, and he copped a good dealof heat for standing up for the principle of equal tolerance.

It is neither an insensitive gesturte or a windup--it was a plan for a community that was underway long before 9-11 and really has nothing to do with terrorism, as far as I know, despie all the knee-jerk reactionary emo's who immediately dive into the belief that "all evil is everywhere and its all the same...".


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