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* response to G-Spot:

Mr. Mok,

Right on!  My son was at the North Valley Jewish Community Center when Buford Furrow opened fire.  Ben is physically fine but it has left emotional scars (nightmares, etc.) that will be there forever, probably.  My wife and I are still dealing with how close our son was to that kind of violence.  As a beginning fiction writer (I'm an attorney by day), I vented by writing a short story based on the shootings.  But in my story, the shooter gets it (I've submitted it to Puerto del Sol).  It might not ever be published, but I sure felt better after writing it.

As a Chicano and Jew-by-choice, it seems to get harder just living without being hit  often by hatred and bigotry in their various forms.  Such things have always been around, but the weapons are bigger.

Daniel A. Olivas (Dan)
olivasdan@aol.com

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