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<DIV><FONT size=2>Santiago Matamoros images are all over Spain. Some like
that in Logrono cannot be relocated. It is part of the Spanish
history/mythology that Santiago returned to help free the country from "the
Moors." </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>This image has been carried to the new world.
</FONT><FONT size=2>In January I was in Peru and saw a "Santiago Mata-Inca"
statue in the cathedral in Cuzco, Santiago helping the "conquistadores"
subjugate and kill the native Inca population. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2> jean seeler</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Original Message-----</B><BR><B>From:
</B>Charles Hansen <<A
href="mailto:VeloTrainaPEOPLEPC.COM">VeloTrainaPEOPLEPC.COM</A>><BR><B>To:
</B><A href="mailto:GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu">GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu</A> <<A
href="mailto:GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu">GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu</A>><BR><B>Date:
</B>Friday, April 30, 2004 12:24 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Re: Matamoros statue in
the Cathedral<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV>Rosina and all -<BR><BR>While I understand Spain's withdrawal of its
troops from Iraq, as 90% of the<BR>country didn't want them there in the first
place, I find this current<BR>action discomforting. It could be the
first measure on a long road of<BR>appeasing terrorists by removing all
indications of anything that could be<BR>taken as anti-Muslim. As the
radical extremists have an avowed goal of<BR>killing anyone who does not
believe as they do and clearly have no tolerance<BR>for other religions - or
even less extreme interpretations of their own -<BR>this course strikes me as
a troubling direction. Removing a statue because<BR>it is no longer
considered to be representative of the church in its highest<BR>aspirations is
one thing, but doing so in the hopes that terrorists will be<BR>less likely to
strike seems cowardly and makes me wonder what other<BR>compromises will be
made in false hopes of being
protected.<BR><BR>Charles<BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>