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ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR “PERSPECTIVE PERSON OF THE YEAR”

Earlier, I awarded the laurels to Tomiko Morimoto West, but perhaps that was premature. She is still worthy of recognition, however, and I think the best thing to do is just to keep a list. Everyone will have their own “favorite”.

HERE IS THE LATEST ENTRY An editor of the Wall Street Journal, whose ancestors were South Indian Hindu, has a look at the War on Terror, and his own (willing or unwilling) contribution to it:

I am—for the first time in my life—part of a “group” that is under broad but emphatic visual suspicion. In other words, I fit a visual “profile,” and the fit is most disconcerting….Do I like being profiled? Of course not. But my displeasure is yet another manifestation of the extraordinary power of terrorism. I am not being profiled because of racism but rather because Islamist fanatics have declared war on my society. They are the dark power that leads me to an experience in which my individuality is corroded. This is tragic; but it strengthens my resolve to support the war that seeks to destroy terrorism.

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(Hat Tip: the Corner)

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