<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 4/26/2003 10:42:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, norvellaNAUVOO.NET writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Are Negroes allowed on the camino?<BR>
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I have been watching the webcam at Irache for about two weeks and am deeply<BR>
troubled by the lack of black faces beaming up at me from the drinking<BR>
place.<BR>
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Is it a "Whites Only" water fountain?<BR>
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Do the Spanish, particulary the Basques, discourage brothers from the trail?<BR>
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Now I know that these Basques are a mean lot, given to blowing up whatever<BR>
annoys them, and I want to steer clear of any problems when I make my own<BR>
pilgrimage.<BR>
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Douglass G. Norvell, Ph.D.<BR>
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Silly question. Everyone is welcome. How could you prevent anyone from going to Spain and walking the Camino? True, I did not see too many "people of color" when I walked, but I did meet some, one of whom I still have as an email friend. You remark about a Whites Only water fountain is ridiculous and your comment about Basques blowing up things is absurd. Howard Mendes, NYC</FONT></HTML>