] When they first arrived, I was surprised that there were
] people who celebrated Christmas over there. Since the
] only thing I know about Iran is what I've gathered from
] the media, I guess I kinda figured they were all
] fundamentalist Muslims who want to kill me. For all the
] talk about religion (and lack thereof) that I put on this
] site, I feel slightly hypocritical that I somehow feel
] closer (in a sense) to Iran now that I know there are
] people there who celebrate "our" holiday.
]
] Since the news of Thursday's earthquake, I can't shake
] the thought that the people who wrote these cards might
] be dead. It's even more troubling that the earthquake
] which leveled an Iranian city was virtually identical to
] one that I felt just the other day. Our earthquake only
] killed two people, but Iran is looking at up to 40,000
] casualties.

Food for thought....