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At 03:19 PM 11/01/02 -0800, you wrote:
>
>Please explain how the meme "the highest goal in life is to kill yourself in
>an attack on Americans" is not anti-American.
>
Hi all
On this touchy subject I would observe that it is not "the highest goal in
life is to kill yourself in an attack on Americans" which is the meme. For
me, martyrdom is the effect of the "going to heaven is good" meme.
Jeremy
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