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Think
David Thomas
STAFF WRITER
She fears that her phone is
tapped. She feels as if she is be
ing watched everywhere she
goes. For what?
My sister is living in fear in
her own country. I fear for her
safety. Every time she gets in
her car. goes to the store, or goes
to pray, I am fearful.
Ignorance breeds violence.
Over the past three years
my sister has tried to figure out
a lot of things in her life. The
most important being trying to
figure out a way to live. By this,
of course. I mean organized re
ligion. In her search she found
and became immersed in the
Nation of Islam.
My parents questioned her
decision. My grandmother did
not understand her motivation.
And then there was me, against
religion because no one needs to
be told how to live. (Thank you
Daniel Quinn).
Islam is not just a religion,
it is a complete way of life and
one fifth of the world's popula
tion reads and follows the
Quran.
My sister is new to the re
ligion - about a year or so. She
wears the headdress and has
read the Quran twice already.
She has become completely en
thralled in Muhammad and Al
lah.
My sister and I have had
our differences in the past. We
Corrections to the Review of Counting Crows
David Butler
Gout Wmtoi
Editor.
I enjoyed reading The
Guilfordian's review on the
Counting Crows concert at
Davidson on Sept. 3.2001. Be
ing a huge C.Crows fan myself
and having been in attendance
that night as well as 3 nights
before at the House of Blues
in Myrtle Beach SC., I feel I
need to point out some rather
glaring inaccuracies.
1. The photo labeled "The
bassist jamming" is not the
bassist, he is a guitarist. In
fact, he is not a real member
of the Counting Crows. He is
David Immergluck and al
though he has played with
them over the
Forum
had a general distaste for each
other.
As we began to grow older,
we began to find things in com
mon. We had both gone through
the same struggle.
All are problems of the past
seem trivial compared to what
we are going through now.
In light of the recent
events, my sister has felt the
backlash. She is afraid to leave
the house. The mosque she at
tends had bricks thrown
through the window. She says
that people give her the finger
and tell her to go home.
My sister's home is
Medfield Massachusetts. She is
an American citizen.
Ignorance breeds violence.
The rift right now between
the majority of Americans and
the Nation of Islam is unwar
ranted. Why do we as race of
beings fear what we do not un
derstand? We did it to the Na
tive Americans when they got in
our way.
We did it to African Ameri
cans and still do. We put the
Japanese in interment camps
following Pearl Harbor. When
are we going to stop? We need
more education and to show
more compassion towards those
who are different.
My sister does not deserve
this. I hope that no one disre
spects or hurts her in any way,
because that would make them
no better than the fundamental
ist who took all those innocent
lives.
is not listed as a member but
as a guest on there last CD.
2. "The band moves
through their set fluidly, from
the juxtaposition of the lyric
and melody that is "Round
Here"." "Round Here" was
NOT performed that night.
3. "The band closed out
the set with an absolutely in
credible version of Rain King"
"Ram King" was the next, to
the last song of the set. The set
ended with a new song titled
"1492."
4. "The band takes the
stage for an encore that lasts
five songs and another 45 min
utes." The encore was only two
songs: the new "Goodnight LA"
and "Hanginaround."
5. "We shared a remark
able experience with 10.000
remarkable strangers." The
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September 28, 2001
Hate to seem picky, but
lets at least get the basic facts
right.
David Butler