> Ravi says:
>
>> the acts of a
>> white lynch mob going after a black man in the deep south is
>> significantly different from an opressed afghani mob going after
>> an innocent white man.
>
>
> Had Robert Fisk been a black man in the South assaulted by a white lynch
> mob, he would not have likely lived to write an article, as there
> wouldn't have been any white Good Samaritan with courage enough to step
> forward, stop the mob, and escort him to safety, in the manner that an
> elderly Muslim man did in Fisk's article:
>
i would however avoid this line of reasoning as i am sure at least one example can be found of a white person protecting a black person from a lynch mob in the annals of history. rather, imho we need to hear brad's view with respect to the analogies that were clarified in the various responses to him (i.e., displaced afghani refugee mob bombed by US airplanes != powerful white mob lynching helpless black person, illogical acts of rage born out of frustration and helplessness not caused by "upbringing" or "racism" and is not the same as well-planned acts of violence and terror by groups in power, etc, etc).
--ravi