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This letter appeared in today's Globe and Mail. It draws on an article
in yesterday's paper, but explains that context well enough. I think the
connection it makes between the "belief" of terrorists and the rhetoric
of Bush is quite chilling.

Rob Irish

                    PRINT EDITION
                    The Aftermath Comment Good and
                    evil



                    By CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR
                    Friday, September 14, 2001
                    – Page A24

                    Ottawa -- Terrorism expert Mark Juergensmeyer says
the
                    terrorists he has met "seemed not only normal but
                    pleasant, affable with above-normal intelligence."
What
                    made them different was the fact that "they believed
they
                    were part of a titanic struggle between good and
evil"
                    (Twisted View Of The World Drives Some To Mass
Murder
                    -- Sept. 13).

                    George W. Bush is preparing for war against
terrorism and
                    believes "this will be a monumental struggle of good
                    versus evil, but good will prevail." We can only
pray that
                    the U.S. President and his advisers will rise above
this
                    simplistic view. Otherwise, the cycle of hatred and
terror
                    will only expand.
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Dr. Robert Irish, Director
Language Across the Curriculum
Applied Science and Engineering
University of Toronto
Sandford Fleming B670
416-978-6708
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