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From: raghu@rlgvax.UUCP (Raghu Raghunathan)
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Subject: Re: Spraying Blood
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Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 15:49:58 EDT
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> "official american religion" is that an american life is the most sacred
> thinng in the world (if you don't believe that, witness the current hysteria
> about this little hyjacking).  It is only fair that if the US want to attack
> them back, they attack them using their religion too.
> Sophie Quigley
	
	American life is perceived as the most "sacred thing in the world"
	to use you own words, only within America. And the "current hysteria
	about this little hijacking" is entirely the creation of the
	American Media.

	If you lived in a place like India, for example, you would find that
	the crash of Air India flight made headlines for several days (weeks?)
	whereas the TWA hijacking received very little TV coverage (and that
	too as a filler when they didn't have any other news)

	Almost any country in the world regards it's own citizen as the most
	important people in the world (America is no exception). Exactly how
	much a life is worth depends on which part of the globe you live in.