<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=062233416-18032003>An excerpt from an email sent by Rachel Corrie, describing her initial impression of the Occupied Territories,  as posted on The Guardian's website:</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=062233416-18032003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=062233416-18032003>"Nevertheless, no amount of reading, attendance at conferences, documentary viewing and word of mouth could have prepared me for the reality of the situation here. You just can't imagine it unless you see it - and even then you are always well aware that your experience of it is not at all the reality: what with the difficulties the Israeli army would face if they shot an unarmed US citizen, . . ."</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=062233416-18032003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=062233416-18032003>I guess that's called youthful idealism</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>