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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good for you Mary. It is always disconcerting to
meet someone who stereotypes you and then judges you based on that stereotype.
Prejudice in any form is wrong. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good Luck on the Camino.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=mkkarpsaMINDSPRING.COM href="mailto:mkkarpsaMINDSPRING.COM">Mary Kay
Hines</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
href="mailto:GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU">GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 28, 2003 12:31
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Americans on the Camino</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My friend and I will be walking the Camino this
May and June and I must admit all this talk about Americans and anti-America
is a bit disconcerning. Most people walking the Camino have their own
personal reasons for doing so. Politics should not be part of it.
I lived in Ireland for seven years and I must admit that many times I crossed
the street to avoid Americans (I am an American). Sad to say, we always
feel we are right and they are wrong, but so the saying goes "there are many
ways to skin a cat" and I learned this living in another country. Our
way is not necessarily right, and neither is theirs. Each side has many
pluses and if it works for them that is all that matters. We visit
another country to partake of their culture and if we open our minds and
hearts, we can learn alot. I certainly did. My father was an uneducated
coal miner in West Virginia, but he had a great respect for individuals and he
passed this on to my sister and me. We should be judged for ourselves,
not our race, religion, country or political beliefs. I hope to walk the
Camino and to just experience the Camino.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mary Kay</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>