On the way to work

On the way to work I saw lots of flags on houses - the neighborhoods looked quiet and peaceful and made me happy. I also saw a beat-up pickup truck with a large US flag; as I got closer I saw a dixie sticker and a Nascar sticker - I know I'm probably just generalizing but that image made me concerned.

Omid emailed an article (Blond or bearded - Fanatics of every color and creed are all enemies of free-thinking peoples) from The Iranian reflecting the feeling he's had in recent days. If you hear or see deragotary comments or actions towards your fellow men, please don't stay silent but speak up. Both to educate the person making the statement, as well as to show your solidarity with the inocents who are being persecuted by the ignorant.

You may also want to take a look at No Walls - Why I love America which was written by the same author only a month ago. I remember having the same feeling when I first cam to Texas. It's about the sense of freedom that people get to enjoy here - it's a definite contrast, not just from communist Czechoslovakia where I grew up, but even from Switzerland, considered the bastion of european democracy, where I lived before coming here. I find myself taking this freedom for granted now, just like most everyone living here. I hope that I will be more aware of this freedom, and that the freedom won't change in the future.