Bigotry is founded in fear. In the words of Herbert Hoover of F.D.R., whoever is was, "All we have to fear is fear its self." Get over it. Talk with someone you might fear because of differences in race, origin or religious beliefs... today. Within all the major religions there is a common denominator of "caring" for others and for self. Armed with this, bigotry is just a lazy and/or scared man's excuse for not going up to to someone not like him and say, "Hey".

There is a resturant in my town that is owned by Pakistanis and since Sept 11 folks don't go there anymore. I do and I have gotten to know the folks there better than ever. The manager's father, who is still in Pakistan, is into gardening and as a gardener myself I have found a means to get beyond the programed bigotry that the media has attempted to force upon us. And I am that much richer.

Bobert